Saturday, April 15, 2006
Poll says you probably don't like tax system
Well DUH! After years of listening to well funded bullshit from Republicans and the likes of noted anarchist Grover Norquisling, that result should come as no surprise. However, this AP-Ipsos poll does show that folks have not been completely fooled.
Almost as certain as death and taxes is the public’s feeling that the U.S. income tax system is not fair. An Ipsos Poll released this week found almost six of 10 people, 58 percent, say the system is unjust, a number that is virtually unchanged from two decades ago.Since the election of Ronald Reagan, the Republicans have diligently worked to shift the tax burden from rich folks and corporations to those of us who work for a living.
People think the middle class, the self-employed and small businesses pay too much in taxes, the poll found. And they think those with high incomes and big businesses don’t pay enough.
More than half, 58 percent, said middle-income families pay too much income tax and people were almost as likely, 54 percent, to say that about low-income families.As a matter of self interest. Remember this in November.
Six in 10 said high-income families were paying too little in taxes....
....Tax cuts for the wealthy have been at the heart of a bitter partisan tax debate during much of this Bush administration.
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