Three quarters of Americans favor higher taxes for wealthy: Reuters/Ipsos poll

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

#POLITICS OCTOBER 11, 2017 / 6:33 AM / UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO

Three quarters of Americans favor higher taxes for wealthy: Reuters/Ipsos poll

Amanda Becker, David Morgan
4 MIN READ

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As President Donald Trump promotes a tax plan critics say would raise the federal deficit by slashing corporate rates and eliminating some taxes paid by the rich, some three quarters of Americans believe the wealthiest should pay more, Reuters/Ipsos polling shows.

Trump is expected to travel on Wednesday to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where he will explain to a group of workers, including many truckers, how he believes they will benefit from his tax plan released two weeks ago.

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A Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted from Sept. 29 to Oct. 5 found that 53 percent of adults “strongly agree” that the wealthiest Americans should pay higher tax rates.

An additional 23 percent “somewhat agree” the wealthiest should pay higher tax rates, according to the poll of 1,504 people, which had a credibility interval, a measure of accuracy, of plus or minus 6 percentage points.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tax-poll/three-quarters-of-americans-favor-higher-taxes-for-wealthy-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN1CG17R

[SamKnause]

1. D.C. doesn't care what 3/4 of Americans want or favor.

They prove this over and over again.

D.C. only cares what lobbyists, corporations, and Wall Street want or favor.

Americans have no government that represent their wants or needs.

[Irish_Dem]

2. Exactly. The US oligarchy could care less what the people want or need.

They only take care of themselves.

[0rganism]

3. gee maybe if 75% of Americans voted, we'd have nice things

my patience for our weak-ass excuse for civic engagement is wearing quite thin