Warren Buffet is specifically talking about federal income taxes, not payroll taxes such as Social Security and Medicare, which can be considered benefits becau

Warren Buffet is specifically talking about federal income taxes, not payroll taxes such as Social Security and Medicare, which can be considered benefits because people contributing will get a return when they retire (it's actually a progressive system, in which the poor get more than what they contribute). http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=3213&type=0&sequence=3 http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=3213&type=0&sequenc... These federal income taxes aren't lies. http://ntu.org/tax-basics/who-pays-income-taxes.html http://ntu.org/tax-basics/who-pays-income-taxes.html