<i>Buffet himself declares that he pays a 17.4 percent rate on taxable income. His staff, like Bosanek,  pay an average of 34 percent. The IRS publishes detailed tax tables by income level. The 2009 results  show that the average taxpayer paying Buffet’s 17.4 rate earns an adjusted gross income between $100,000 and $200,000. But an average taxpayer in Bosaneck’s rate (after downward adjustment for payroll taxes) earns an adjusted gross income  of $200,000 to $500,000. Therefore Buffett must pay Debbie Bosanke a salary well above two hundred thousand.</i><p>Is it me, or does that not make any sense?  The average tax payer of that percentage makes that amount, therefore she must make that amount?  Am I supposed to believe this man doesn&#x27;t know how averages work?  Because the alternative is he&#x27;s being <i>very</i> disingenuous.