sitting on top of this wealth and getting richer by the day, that doesn t get transformed to income. you don t have to put that on your tax return until you sell your stock generally. reporter: and for buffett who said in the past he favored raising taxes for the rich, his wealth grew by $24 billion between 2014 and 2018, and the amount of taxes paid? $23.7 million or just 0.1% of his wealth. buffett telling propublica, tax codes should be changed substa substantially, and huge dynastic wealth is not good for our society. the 25 richest americans were worth $1.1 trillion by the end of 2018. it would take 14.43 million american wage earners to make that amount of wealth. the irs and fbi are investigating this leak. any unauthorized disclosure of confidential information is
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.
billion, he only paid $973 million in taxes at a rate of less than 1%. if you re jeff bezos on top of this wealth and getting richer by the day, that doesn t get transformed in income. you don t have to put it on your tax return until you sell your stocks, generally. for buffett, who has said in the past he favors raising taxes for the rich, his wealth grew by $24 billion, and the amount of taxes paid, $23.7 million or 0.1% of his wealth. huge dynastic wealth is not desirable for our society. according to propublica s analysis, the top it would take 14.3 million ordinary american wage earners to make that same amount of wealth. the i.r.s. and fbi are investigating this leak, and the
the world, paid nothing, not a dime in federal income taxes that year. same story for tesla billionaire elon musk in 2018. investment icon warren buffett says he supports higher taxes for the rich. the wealthy are definitely undertaxed. reporter: and he, too, has benefited, between 2014 and 2018, buffett made $24.3 billion. but over those years, he paid just $23.7 million in federal income taxes. families have to pay their tax bills regularly but the billionaires have found a way to avoid them. reporter: pro publica found nothing illegal. its investigation focused on federal income taxes, which are largely based on wages and salaries. but these billionaires make most of their money from investments, which have long been given preferential treatment, not from salaries. and that skewers the federal tax code towards the wealthy.
a lot of money. through a joint effort with the republican national committee. that brings the total to $123.7 million. the fund raising overall coming largely from small donors. the campaign says it s received 957,000 individual contributions, 98% of those are $200 or less. there is a coalition for women s health, to get president trump reelected. his daughter in law kicking off the effort in pennsylvania. a recent poll shows 40% of women approve of the president s job performance. naomi levin says the president s track record will help him gain support. we have less than 4% unemployment for women in the last 12 months. 56% of jobs out of the 5.6 million that were created in the last year or so have gone to women. the goal is to get that message