Warren Buffet and Rapper Jay-Z Team-Up in Kids’ Cartoon About Investing
- Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:55pm by
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Billionaire investor Warren Buffett — the man who thinks the “super-rich“ need to ”stop being coddled” and, in turn, taxed at a higher rate than they are currently taxed — has joined forces with rapper Jay-Z on an animated show for Hub TV intended to teach children about investing called “The Secret Millionaires Club.”
In the premier episode titled, “Be Cool to Your School,” set to air October 23, Buffett gives financial advice to a group of teens 
attempting to raise money for their school and a trip to New York City. Jay-Z guest stars as himself — a successful music mogul.
The show’s description reads:
After four smart 14-year-olds get schooled on money and life by financial sage Warren Buffett, they form a club to give practical financial advice to people around the world. To reach as many as possible, they use the Internet to do research and find business owners or other kids who could use financial advice. Meanwhile, thanks to their own adventures and the advice of celebrity guest stars, the four SMC members keep learning their own lessons.
Forbes adds:
Not that many people noticed when Warren Buffett lent his name and (younger) likeness to the Secret Millionaires Club web series on AOL Kids. The show is a tad goofy and it obviously didn’t get that much money from Warren for production values. But the show’s intent is wonderful: teach kids lessons about financial responsibility and build good investing habits. Now the news comes that Jay-Z is lending his name and likeness to the show as it makes the leap from Web to TV. The rapper will costar in the premiere TV episode of SMC on October 23. As Good.com reports, “During the episode, Jay-Z invites four students to his office and applauds their hard work in school, then gives them some tips on how they can become successful later in life.”
Only one snag: What if these kids take Buffett’s and Jay-Z’s advice and grow up to become “super-rich?” It has yet to be revealed whether the show delves into topics entrepreneurs face every day — like taxes, and regulations…
Below is a clip for the premier episode:
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Comments (66)
ColoradoMaverick
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 8:24amBuffet is a cartoon.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 9:37amYou took a loss? Ain’t got the rent?
Get a loan from the Fed at zero percent!
Just kidding, you can’t get that mortgage.
You’re not Goldman Sachs or JP Morgan.
Report Post »JRook
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 10:24amSeriously who are you to even comment on a person of Warren Buffet’s stature. Beyond being and investment genius he is a humble guy and a true citizen. He cares about the country. You and the other people who take shots from the cheap cheap seats here care about your ideology, not the country at large. This effort is far superior to the Madison Ave. commercial crap the kids are bombarded with all day.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 2:36pm@JROOK
Report Post »In a Society of Equal Rights… each person has the Right to an Equal Opinion. Having Wealth… does not mean that you are Smarter… rather, maybe, just Lucky. And, as the Higher Degree means Narrow Focus upon a Program of Study… a High Degree or Position does not mean that your Opinion upon everything is More Important.
Better Dead Than Red
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 6:51pmI like Warren Buffet. I don’t agree with his recent political games and his tax issues.. but it doesn’t undermine his great mind for business. And he still drives himself around in a used car.
At least he is out there trying to teach kids some financial responsibility. Clearly a lot of parents nowadays don’t teach this at all at any age- which is one of the reasons why the US is in the financial state it’s in.
Report Post »smittycity42
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 7:42amI love how the guy with the MBA (mr ‘lets read the minuets) is useless
Report Post »mike_trivisonno
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 7:26amMotion pictures and video games are unregulated and spew mountains of stimulus designed to program individual without their conscious volition.
It is designed to control the way you think and act.
Report Post »Rached Madcow SHOW
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 4:12amAll hands on deck to destroy America. You can always rely on the entertainment to pitch in, cause God knows they have been unduly oppressed. Tear this system down! it has failed to make us all millionaires and billionaires at the same time and we probably won’t starve to death this time under Marxism. Oh Yeah, we’ll do communism better! We can’t let a little thing like a 100% failure rate stop us from achieving utopia.
Report Post »mad_hatter
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 5:40amWait before you discount the cartoon look at the whole episodes not just what is in the clips or in writing, here is the first episode, it is about 5 minutes, that is how long they are: http://www.americanparchment.com/video/2011/oct/buffets_millionaires_club.html
Report Post »Miami
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 7:05amSounds like he’s teaching them to run an Enron scam.
Selling a product you don’t have…. Just saying
Report Post »Lion420
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 1:51amMy wife thinks I am crazy. I do my homework. I discover things like this. Warren Buffet is a tax cheat. The othe ‘first run’ cartoon on The Hub is a Muslim cartoon, with a woman in full hijab. They champion some really disgusting people. Subjugators, and criminals. When i say “I don’t want my kids watching this stuff, I get rolling eyes…sighs…grunts…”here we go again’ type stuff”. I feel like the world is coming down around me and I am the ONLY one who sees IT!
Report Post »mad_hatter
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:07amI don’t like Warren Buffet but my wife and I watched the first few episodes and loved it. This is something we want our kids to watch because it teaches them about CAPITALISM.
This is something all kids should watch. Here is the first episode and it talks about what to look for when designing your business: http://www.americanparchment.com/video/2011/oct/buffets_millionaires_club.html
Report Post »OhSnappage
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:51amWow Buffet and Jay-Z are best friends? Super Cool Yo! That means there both hip and smart! LOL .
Seriously, This is the stupidest thing they can come up with, well actually Michelle Obama trumps this, but this is def a close second. Jay-Z is just as much a role model as Momar Gadhafi (they’re really not that different), probably why Beyonce performs for them both. Then again children are going to need to work at an earlier age to pay off China, sweatshops are coming back in style under these progressive Democrats.
Report Post »Mimi24
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:31amY’all may have noticed that I have a strong opinion about this subject ; ) sorry to take over. I just hate it when kids are targeted. They don’t know any better you know?
Report Post »LibertyWon
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:57amIlluminati, Baphomet, Satanist, secrets and a black rapper…
Report Post »Wow did someone even watch the video?
A game for ya:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8riXGpPFD34&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL644A73EF45A0ADB7
Mimi24
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 11:04pmI did not say one word about a rapper, black or otherwise. What I said is true. Game for you. Look at his videos, clothing line and interviews. I can’t do your homework for you. My comments were not about race or music style.
Report Post »Mimi24
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:16amNice of them to be so concerned about kids investing. How much did they spend on that? How much do kids have to invest?
Report Post »Mimi24
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 11:38pmIf you are even thinking about letting your kids watch this insane so called cartoon then please look into Jay-Z first.
Report Post »((GB)) FAN
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 7:05amok kids first you have to raise money. take these rocks i have here and go down to your own neighborhood and find investors. when you sell those i have more for you and don‘t forget to drop off that package for whitney she’s been calling all night.
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 11:30pmUNCLE JAYZEEEE is Apple’s Uncle (see Gwennie Paltroon/Paltthrow)
Warren Buffet is a PUPPET for BO
Geeze Warren PAY YOUR TAXES!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 11:45pmI agree. … if you want to take advice from a TAX CHEAT! How are the kids going to invest when they are paying off OBAMA DEBT for the rest of their lives!
TEA!
Report Post »Mimi24
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:04amAre parents brain dead? This is not about taxes. They know that they have lost with us and they are going after our kids. Wake the hell up people.
Report Post »Mimi24
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:13amGeeze Warren, get away from this satantic , do what thou wilt puppet.
Report Post »Mimi24
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 11:27pmI don’t know Buffets part but if he has aligned himself with this evil man then I count him the same. Five minutes on the net and you can find out what Jay-Z is about. You think someone with Warren Buffets resources doesn’t know what he is? Pure evil.
Report Post »Mimi24
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 11:21pmThis is not fun and games. It may look like a cartoon but they are serious. I’m not sure what they are doing but it is not innocent. Please keep your kids away from this. Jay-z is evil.
Report Post »Mimi24
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 11:18pmJay-Z is an illuminati satanist puppet that has ruined Beyonce and Rhianna. Look at his Baphomet and Do what thou wilt clothing line. Watch his demonic videos. Please do not let this man get within a hundred miles of your children. He is pure evil.
Report Post »Mimi24
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 11:12pmThe thing is that they are talking about a secret club geared for kids. Who are the kids supposed to be keeping it from? Why is it secret? This does not sound good to me. Adults telling kids to keep secrets? I don’t think so.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 11:10pmBuffet is a stooge. Not a major player, a stooge, nothing more.
Report Post »Mimi24
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 11:31pmI disagree. If he doesn’t know then he should get busy finding out. Stooge is no excuse.
Report Post »Mimi24
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 11:41pmHeck. I’m broke and I know what Jay-Z is.
Report Post »MrMagoo
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 10:34pmEvidently,Warren dislikes the IRS as much as the rest of us do.The mufti-billioniare Obama stooge has a gripe with paying a ‘measly’ billion.
Report Post »The old adage that money buys anything is true.Warren Buffett is no better than George Soros.Both will go down in history as Financial Hitlers .Hated.
WeDontNeedNoSteeeenkinBadges
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 10:30pmWHO PAYS THE TAX?
TOP 1% — pay — 38% of THE TAX!
TOP 5% — pay — 59% of THE TAX!
TOP 50% — pay — 97% of THE TAX!
BOTTOM 50% — pay — 3% of THE TAX!! That’s essentially … (wait for it) … NOTHING!!
** THE “POOR (moochers)” ARE NOT PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE **
Report Post »mr.goodvibe
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 10:56pmBut but but they pay sales taxes bwaaaaaaaaaaa! Uncle Barry felt entitled to take half my performance bonus earned by working 843 hours of overtime last year, No BS, could’nt hardly beleive it myself, after taking a higher percentage of said overtime pay on top of the income tax i paid on the regular time. Man I’m a greedy bastard and I have not even reached six figures with pay and benefits. Better stop working so hard, cause it sure feels like their is something heavy on my back. I wish I could appropriate those tax dollars to the soldiers! Would make it all worth it to give them a raise.
Report Post »Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 11:00pmI’m sick of people like Buffett and Obama and Soros trying to design and control the world.
READ THIS BOOK: THE LEIPZIG CONNECTION by Paolo Lionni
Watch this video: YouTube Norman Dodd on Tax Exempt Foundations (and world government)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUYCBfmIcHM&list=PL4E5FC2FF0D400C8B&index=5
And this video: Charlotte Iserbyt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDyDtYy2I0M&list=PL4E5FC2FF0D400C8B&index=4
Report Post »trinklefinder
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:18amI make 13.50 an hour. im single, i have no health insurance that i am able to get through my work. i pay 9% in federal taxes 3.5% in state taxes, 1% in local taxes, 6.2% for s.s. and 1.45% for medicare. so the government is stealing 20% of paycheck, every week. i also pay real estate taxes, personal property tax, utility taxes and sales tax. i have no idea what those additions bump my actual tax rate to. im a conservative, i work two jobs. i have no kids. I feel like im paying my fair share even though im in that bottom 3%. your post annoyed the effing **** outta me wedontneednostinkingbadges, you are a sucky sucky person.
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 6:46amTrinklefinder–I couldnt have said it better myself! I’m in almost EXACTLY the same situation! You didn’t mention your age. If my employer were to include me in his health insurance, it would cost him $18,000/yr.–for a guy he pays only $24,000 a year! The next nearest employee costs him about $9,000/yr! So, I have a ‘glass wall’ versus ANYONE else he has on board, and about $12,000 versus his AVERAGE of the others! That is a HIRING BARRIER! And, it’s AGE DISCRIMINATION through health coverage! This crap has GOT TO STOP! Also, I”m 63 and elected early Social Security because I was part-time employed when I started! I have to forfeit 1/2 my earnings above $14,000 and this continues until I ‘make’ $40,000 (which isn’t going to happen! I also forfeit a ‘benefit’ for my minor son, who is now in high school of 1/2 my Full Retirement benefit for each month I don‘t ’qualify’ for a Social Security payment! I pay tax on those ‘earnings’, so I figure it costs me about $1.35 for every $1.00 I earn over $14,000! The ONLY reason I work is to keep my sanity! Driving a truck around gets me out in the Sun and I don‘t have as much time to cry at my ’good fortune’ of having a job! And, they want to RAISE the retirement age–I have no problem, so long as they REMOVE barriers to a job–AGE DISCRIMINATION! Sheesh!
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 10:19pmLet’s sell the popsicles before they are popsicles … so.. they … aren’t popsicles ? … yeah.. ok…
Report Post »i don’t want to all the parts to a car and have you sell it to me as a car, thx…
garyM
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 10:11pmBirds of a feather flock together…Buzzards!
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 10:14pmLooks more like the anti-Christ, George Soros to me.
Report Post »BlackAce41
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 10:08pmSounds like Socialism at work>>>>>>
Report Post »whywonder
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 11:07pmLearning about capitalism is socialism? Huh?
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 10:07pmOn next week’s episode:
Warren teaches hypocrisy. How to avoid paying taxes while passionately begging the government to tax the rich at higher rates.
Report Post »InfiniteSolutions
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 10:06pmWarren Buffet has half hiemers or, he’s really smart and playing some game to become even richer. If he wants to stimulate the economy why doesn’t he create more jobs instead of volunteering his money for government to wastefully spend. I say shame, shame, shame, shame, on congress, shame, shame, shame, SHAME on Obama and his conspirators, I say SHAME for whoever is in bed with Obama and Congress, it stinks and I can smell it on the west coast really bad. Part to the reason is the west coast has it’s own SHAME. God, Liberalism has to be a Mental Disorder. Savage had that right and I see it more and more each day.
Report Post »hi
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 10:04pmDoes he rap about evading taxes for 15 years and then complaining that others should pay extra?
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 10:20pmlol
Report Post »Mimi24
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 11:56pmThat is not what this story is about. They have skipped right over us and started targeting kids. Does no one get this?
Report Post »Mimi24
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:10amMuch worse than that.Jay-Z is evil. Don’t take my word, look him up. With Warrens bucks behind him he can do so much bad.
Report Post »JP4JOY
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 10:00pmSounds like they’ll be giving lessons in hypocrisy 101
Report Post »mr.goodvibe
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:57pmThe bumbling billionaire and the CEO of hip slop.
Report Post »Mimi24
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 11:53pmSounds cute when you say it but if you think about a man that has sold his soul to the Devil with a billionaires dollars to back him up targeting our kids then it looks a lot different to me.
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