Warren Buffet Supports Obama: Why Don’t You?

Great post. Great point. This is definitely an endorsement that the Obama campaign should play up during the general election.

If Warren Buffet is so much better than the rest of us, why vote at all? Simply let Warren Buffer decide.

It’s interesting to note that Buffet endorsed Gore and Kerry in the last two presidential elections. Hardly a tree-hugging hippie, he’s concerned with responsible fiscal policy. Despite being a long-time Clinton supporter, his endorsement of Obama speaks volumes.

“Simply let Warren Buffer decide.”

Yeah, ok. I’m game for that. Hell, I wish old Buffet would make a lot of decisions for me.

@Thomas:

I wasn’t promoting giving up your own opinion; I was promoting the idea of re-evaluating why you didn’t come to the same conclusion as Buffet. There’s a big difference.

To put it another way, both data and judgement go into making a big decision like this, and those decisions should always still be made independently. But the question is, which of those do you as a voter think you’re superior to Buffet on? The information you have available to you to make your decision? Or your ability to properly make the decision with the data?

And if you don’t think you’re better off in one or both of those areas, and you differ with Buffet, could it be because HE has better information or better judgement?

So the idea isn’t, “Forget about why Buffet chose Obama and just pick him because Buffet did.” That’s stupid. The idea is to seek out the reasons that Buffet went with Obama, and then re-evaluate your own decision within that new context.

Thanks for asking the question, though. It’s good that this is clarified.

Just because someone is qualified to make decisions in a particular field, doesn’t mean they’re automatically qualified to make decisions outside of their field. I have no doubt Warren Buffet is smarter than me when it comes to investing and financial analysis, but I would never let him run a software project. Likewise, while I respect his right to his own political opinions, his success in the financial world does not automatically make him right in the political world. This is an “appeal to authority” fallacy.

Does Warren think “Obama is best for America” or that Obama is best for him? I think it may be the latter. In which case, we must ask ourselves: Is what’s good for Warren, good for us? For me the answer is no!

Uhhhh, Buffet is a master at making money and has become the richest man in the world by consolidating wealth. I have no doubt an Obama presidency would be lucrative for Buffet. Do you people even stop and think about this shit?

@Michael and Draxius, “Is what’s good for Warren, good for us? For me the answer is no! ” You might want to research Warren a little bit before you soundly dismiss his motivations and whether they would benefit you. Warren has a history of saying he, along with other rich people, don’t pay enough taxes and aren’t holding up their end of the social contract. He also supports a more fiscally responsible US spending policy, which is very important for several reasons. Doing this doesn’t mean cutting social programs. There is much defense and pork barrel spending that can be cut.

What can you say? Buffet is a really smart man. Good choice! Go Obama!!!!!

yeah well Buffet supported Kerry too. Look how far that got him.

“Quite simply, if you and Warren Buffet disagree on who should lead our country, which one of you needs to re-evaluate things? Warren Buffet, or you?”

In that case we can just have him choose our leaders every year. Even better, we can have a table of three and put his buddy Rothschild, and Rockerfeller. You know Buffett took Schwarzenegger to go see Rothschild before he won governorship. So they do have a knack for picking. I love this idea, we can all give up our right to vote so these guys can make the right decision. They are of course smarter than us since they made so much money.

Does Warren think “Obama is best for America” or that Obama is best for him? I think it may be the latter. In which case, we must ask ourselves: Is what’s good for Warren, good for us? For me the answer is no!

Think about what you’re saying. Buffet makes money when stocks go up. A good economy makes stocks go up. Isn’t a good economy beneficial to all of us as well as Buffet.

Yes. I believe Mr. Buffet is in a better position than I am to make a decision on who si better for our country as president. I very much like the idea that he is not happy about the present tax code which is beneficial for the super wealthy. They pay around %17 per cent on their income tax while you and I pay around %30! Don’t just take my word on this! Check it out! It is all over the internet!

Mr.Buffet I would love to take you and you wife to dinner on me. If your ever in the San Antonio area let me know. You can find me through my website.

Have a good week. Katherine

Most of you people are lemmings. Think for yourselves. Buffet’s opinion is his opinion. He has a knack for investing like Tom Cruise has a knack for acting.

Rip – Are you kidding? Warren Buffet is probably the richest man in the world and you say he has no instinct for investing? Sure would like to see meet your portfolio manager. Perhaps you invested with Lehman Bros.

With a lead in the polls now and mccain saying “it is just not fair” november 4 is gonna be a happy day

If I needed someone to manage my investments? Buffett’s my guy. If I need someone to lead my country? Uh-uh.

I’m with Jason Powell. If Warren Buffet would make more of my families decisions I could dedicate more of my time to recreation and less time to employment. Three cheers to Buffet making my decision for me. Wahoo, Wahoo, Wahoo.

Besides being an incredible investor, Warren appears to be quite an incredible man if you look at how he lives his life.

-One of the richest men in the world but still lives in the small $300K house he bought when he got married. -drives a buick -orders hambergers when invited to a top restaurant. -currently giving away his fortune (billions) to charities -pledges to give it all away.

He doesn’t live for flash, glory, or self interest, he just likes to do the best he can. I’m not saying you need to vote how he does, but I do not think his endorsement of Obama is for “selfish reasons” and “personal greed”.

You might want to commend the man for being willing to endorse someone who will cost him hundreds of millions in cap gains tax and income tax, but who he feels will be best for the country. If all the wealthy people looked out for you like that you’d probably be better off.

By the way I’m a Republican who has never voted for a Dem and I’m voting for Obama even though it will cost me lots of money (I’m one of the lucky people in the top 5% of income that will get a tax increase under Obama–the 95% other will get a tax cut on my back).

Excellent comment, Griffin.

Great Post, Griffin. I saw the Charlie Rose Show, and was shocked when Buffett said that he thought his taxes should be increased. He said his cleaning lady paid a higher tax rate than him, and that was wrong. He also questioned why making money on stocks should be taxed less than labor. Pretty amazing man! Doesn’t look like greed to me that he supports Obama.

buffet is a hypocrit who can say such things because he is already rich. however, he wants to tax your income and your inheritance such that you can never become as rich as he, nor even just moderately rich.

Jeez, the man's name is “Buffett”, not 'Buffet'.