Rasmussen: taxing the wealthy remains popular as always
by David Atkins
Not that it’s any surprise, but the confirmation from even a laughably biased conservative pollster is nice:
Most voters favor temporarily extending the so-called Bush tax cuts for those who earn less than $250,000 a year but are less enthusiastic about continuing those tax cuts permanently for all Americans.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 67% of Likely U.S. Voters agree with President Obama’s plan to extend the tax cuts for a year for those who make less than $250,000 annually. Just 20% oppose this temporary extension, and 13% are undecided.
Without a subscription, the House of Ras won’t say publicly won’t say publicly what the numbers are like for keeping the Bush tax cuts for millionaires. Something tells me that’s not an accident, particularly in light of this:
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 55% of Adults nationwide believe most wealthy people in this country pay less than their fair share in taxes. One in four (25%) believe wealthy Americans generally do pay their fair share, while 13% think they pay more than their fair share.
Again, that’s Rasmussen, whose polling has a heavy GOP skew.
Liberals often decry the American public as too ill-informed to make good choices, and the establishment left as too incompetent at framing issues. But oftentimes it’s not that we’re losing the argument. On this subject, we’ve won the argument. It’s simply that the government for a variety of reasons isn’t responsive to the wishes of the public.
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