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Billionaire investor Warren Buffett fired back in an increasingly contentious war of words with Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) Monday, sarcastically calling the governor's suggestion he "just write a check and shut up" a "touching response."

“It’s sort of a touching response to a $1.2 trillion deficit, isn’t it? That somehow the American people will all send in checks and take care of it?” Buffett said in an interview on CNBC.

Christie made headlines when he told CNN last week that Buffett should just write a check to the government rather than continue advocating for tax reforms that would increase the burden on the wealthiest of Americans.

“I’m so tired of talking about Warren Buffett,” Christie said. “What are you going to bring up next, his secretary? I mean, this is the old song."

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