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Poll: Tax the rich, corporations
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Sep 21, 2011 10:19am |
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| Author | TIM MAK |
| News Date | Wednesday, September 21, 2011 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Americans favor raising taxes on the wealthy to pay for President Barack Obama’s proposed jobs plan by a margin of two-to-one, a new Gallup poll Wednesday says.
Sixty-six percent of respondents said that they backed increasing income taxes on individuals earning over $200,000 and families earning at least $250,000, while only 32 percent were opposed.
An even greater majority thought that taxes should be raised on corporations, with 70 percent of respondents favoring hiking taxes on corporations by eliminating tax deductions and 26 percent were opposed.
In fact, even a majority of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents - 53 percent - thought that corporations should have their tax deductions eliminated. Eighty-six percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents agreed with this sentiment. |
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