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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 884465" data-attributes="member: 12952"><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/buffett_disappointing_WWGCczsP1pdr42t6ZWcqNP" target="_blank">(NY Post)</a>  — Tycoon Warren Buffett, headliner of last night’s fund-raiser for  President Obama at the Four Seasons, reiterated his advice for a tax on  “ultra-rich people who are paying very low tax rates.” But the  message appeared to have limited appeal to donors expected to pay  $10,000 a plate; the turnout was “disappointing,” according to one  guest. An Obama fund-raising insider said the campaign has been  getting resistance from some Wall Street donors from 2008 over the  proposal, though Buffett said the event “went OK.” </blockquote>