 class warfare and the buffett rule last august berkshire hathaway ceo warren buffett wrote an oped in the new york times asking the congress to stop coddling the superrich and as you might expect president obama pounced on the idea and proposed a surtax on millionaires but does raising taxes on upper incomes actually produce increased revenue to the government this article by art laffer in the wall street journal looks back to other times in history and evaluates the effects of tax rates on revenue you might be surprised by what he finds read the full story at  onlinewsjcom article sb10001424052970203462304577138961587258988html 