Bruce Bartlett (Capital Gains and Games), Americans Support Higher Taxes. Really:
Contrary to Republican dogma, polls show that the American people strongly support higher taxes to reduce the deficit and improve income inequality. Following are 18 different polls since the first of the year that say so.
- Washington Post/ABC News (June 9)
- Pew (June 7)
- Lake Research (May 26)
- Bloomberg (May 13)
- Ipsos/Reuters (May 12)
- Gallup (April 29)
- USC/L.A. Times (April 25)
- New York Times/CBS News (April 22)
- Washington Post/ABC News (April 20)
- Public Religion Research Institute (April 20)
- McClatchy-Marist (April 18)
- Gallup (April 18)
- Tulchin Research (April 1)
- ABC News/Washington Post (March 15)
- NBC News/Wall Street Journal (March 2)
- CBS News (Feb. 15)
- CBS News/New York Times (Jan. 20)
- 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair (Jan. 3)
