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Warren Buffett Said Anyone Working 40 Hours a Week Deserves a 'Decent Living' —But Raising Minimum Wage Isn't the Answer. Here's What He Proposes
Yahoo Finance· 2025-12-19 17:01
Nearly a decade before "livable wages" became a political buzzword and people started asking why full-time work barely covers the bills, Warren Buffett had already said the quiet part out loud. The Berkshire Hathaway CEO was asked a simple but heavy question in a CNN interview after the 2016 election: does capitalism need to change so everyday workers stop getting left behind? Buffett answered with a mix of market faith and policy savvy. "In a super rich country, anybody who's willing to work 40 hours a ...