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Poll: Vast Majority of Likely Voters Think Rich Already Pay Their Fair Share
Topic Started: Feb 28 2012, 11:56 AM (259 Views)
Jim Miller
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Poll: Vast Majority of Likely Voters Think Rich Already Pay Their Fair Share

Despite President Obama and Democrats’ insistence that the rich “pay their fair share,” three-quarters of likely voters believe the nation’s richest should pay lower, not higher, taxes, according to a poll conducted by the Hill.

The Hill reports:

The big majority opted for a lower tax bill when asked to choose specific rates; precisely 75 percent said the right level for top earners was 30 percent or below.

The current rate for top earners is 35 percent. Only 4 percent thought it was appropriate to take 40 percent, which is approximately the level that President Obama is seeking from January 2013 onward.

The Hill poll also found that 73 percent of likely voters believe corporations should pay a lower rate than the current 35 percent, as both the White House and Republicans push plans to lower rates.

The new data seem to run counter to several polls that have found support for raising taxes on high-income earners. In an Associated Press-GfK poll released Friday, 65 percent said they favored President Obama’s “Buffett Rule” that millionaires should pay at least 30 percent of their income. And a Pew poll conducted in June found 66 percent of adults favored raising taxes on those making more than $250,000 as a way to tackle the deficit.
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Brewster
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Oh goody.

Jim is posting a lie from a Right Wing site quoting that lie from yet another Right Wing site.

Typical.

Jim, even you must know the rich doesn't pay anywhere near the 35% your article claims, and not even close to the 30% the people polled thought would be fair.

Studies show, and many rich admit, that they pay a max of about 17%, and most considerably lower than that.

But ever-gullible Jim buys into every Right Wing lie that states what he wants to believe.
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Jim Miller
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Sorry, Brew. You have me confused with someone that cares what a peeping tom has to say. Butt out and mind your own business.
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campingken
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Jim's festy!! His scooter chair has a full charge, he finished his nap, had a BM and he is now ready to protect Americans from the dangers of the opinions of others until dinner.
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