Warren Buffet’s NetJets Spent $1 Million Lobbying To Cut Fees For Its Wealthy Clients (VIDEO)

Warren Buffet is best known in political America for his advocacy for taxing the wealthy at a similar rate to the rest of Americans. President Obama crafted the “Buffet Rule” after the idea that it’s wrong, as Buffet frequently says, for a billionaire like him to pay a lower income tax rate than his secretary.

But the Wall Street Journal reports that Buffet’s NetJets — a private jet rental and ownership company that is owned by his Berkshire Hathaway — spent $1 million to lobby Congress to win a fee waiver from Congress.

Right now, the Federal Aviation Administration is funded partially by fees from airlines. Commercial airlines shoulder the largest portion of these fees. NetJets lobbied hard to change its classification to a noncommercial airline to avoid paying a larger bulk of fees.

The Wall Street Journal’s Brody Mullins estimates that NetJets and other private plane companies would save $83 million over four years thanks to this tax break. Watch Mullins explain how NetJets did it (above).