2018. the amount of taxes pay, $23.7 million or just 0.1% of his wealth. buffet telling propublica tax codes should be changed substantially and huge dynastic wealth is not desirable for our society. the 25 richest americans were worth $1.1 trillion by the end of 2018. it would take 14.3 million ordinary american wage earners do make that same amount of wealth. >> any unauthorized disclosure of confidential government information by a person with access is illegal, and we take this very seriously. >> white house press secretary jen psaki emphasized president biden's proposal to raise taxes on the wealthy to help finance his spending plans. >> we know that there is more to be done to ensure that corporations, individuals who are at the highest income are paying more of their fair share.