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FOX News, March 27, 2019
According to a Fox News Poll released Wednesday, voters' top tax concern isn't how much they pay. Instead, they are most concerned about the rich not paying enough (34 percent)...
Compared to 2014, the last time the question was asked, there has been an increase in voters who are troubled that the rich aren't paying enough (+6 points). The shift in frustration comes mainly from self-identified liberals (+20) and voters under age 30 (+14 points). However, it's not limited to traditional left-leaning groups -- voters ages 65 and over (+14), voters earning $50k and over (+11), and whites without a college degree (+9) are also increasingly bothered by the wealthy not pulling their weight...
"One underappreciated aspect of the past two years is the Democrats have fought the president to a draw on taxes," says Republican pollster Daron Shaw, who conducts the Fox News Poll with Democrat Chris Anderson. "While the Democrats managed to regain their edge on health care, they also reframed the tax debate in terms of fairness and breaks for the wealthy, which has prevented President Trump and the GOP from gaining any substantial political benefit from their tax reform."
In December 2017, President Trump marked a campaign promise off his list as the Republican-led Congress passed a sweeping tax reform bill. At that time, former House Speaker Paul Ryan said, "The message to the hardworking taxpayers of America is: Your tax relief is on its way. That is what's happening here. The message to the families in America who have been struggling, paycheck and paycheck -- your tax rates are going down and your paychecks are going up."
Voters don't entirely share Ryan's view...
Trump's job performance on taxes has taken a hit since last year. In March 2018, more voters approved than disapproved of him on taxes by 2 points (48-46 percent). Today, he is underwater by 6 (42-48 percent)...
"Over a year since Trump signed his tax cuts into law, voters just aren't feeling it," says Anderson. "His job approval for handling taxes is down, while more people say their taxes are too high and the rich aren't paying their fair share." ...
Trump broke with decades-long precedence when he declined to release his tax returns during the 2016 presidential campaign. He continues to decline to make them public.
But voters want transparency. Three-quarters overall (74 percent) and over half of Republicans (54 percent) believe that, in general, the president of the United States should be required to release his or her tax returns...
The Democratic-led House passed a comprehensive proposal March 8 that would require the disclosure of presidential tax returns.
Fox News Poll: What bugs voters most about taxes? Rich not paying enough | Fox News
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This is not only significant because of what it says, but because FOX is saying it. The Republican tax scam, that began with Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign, may be coming to an end. It is about time. Since Jimmy Carter left office in 1980 the national debt as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) has grown from 31% in 1980 to 105% in 2018.
National Debt by Year: Compared to GDP and Major Events
Since the inauguration of Ronald Reagan in 1981 the rich have paid lower taxes on more money, while the national debt had grown and middle class incomes have not.
The American people are finally learning that tax cuts for the rich do not benefit people who are not rich. For us, lower taxes on the rich mean higher taxes on us, cuts in domestic spending programs that benefit us, and more national debt.
According to a Fox News Poll released Wednesday, voters' top tax concern isn't how much they pay. Instead, they are most concerned about the rich not paying enough (34 percent)...
Compared to 2014, the last time the question was asked, there has been an increase in voters who are troubled that the rich aren't paying enough (+6 points). The shift in frustration comes mainly from self-identified liberals (+20) and voters under age 30 (+14 points). However, it's not limited to traditional left-leaning groups -- voters ages 65 and over (+14), voters earning $50k and over (+11), and whites without a college degree (+9) are also increasingly bothered by the wealthy not pulling their weight...
"One underappreciated aspect of the past two years is the Democrats have fought the president to a draw on taxes," says Republican pollster Daron Shaw, who conducts the Fox News Poll with Democrat Chris Anderson. "While the Democrats managed to regain their edge on health care, they also reframed the tax debate in terms of fairness and breaks for the wealthy, which has prevented President Trump and the GOP from gaining any substantial political benefit from their tax reform."
In December 2017, President Trump marked a campaign promise off his list as the Republican-led Congress passed a sweeping tax reform bill. At that time, former House Speaker Paul Ryan said, "The message to the hardworking taxpayers of America is: Your tax relief is on its way. That is what's happening here. The message to the families in America who have been struggling, paycheck and paycheck -- your tax rates are going down and your paychecks are going up."
Voters don't entirely share Ryan's view...
Trump's job performance on taxes has taken a hit since last year. In March 2018, more voters approved than disapproved of him on taxes by 2 points (48-46 percent). Today, he is underwater by 6 (42-48 percent)...
"Over a year since Trump signed his tax cuts into law, voters just aren't feeling it," says Anderson. "His job approval for handling taxes is down, while more people say their taxes are too high and the rich aren't paying their fair share." ...
Trump broke with decades-long precedence when he declined to release his tax returns during the 2016 presidential campaign. He continues to decline to make them public.
But voters want transparency. Three-quarters overall (74 percent) and over half of Republicans (54 percent) believe that, in general, the president of the United States should be required to release his or her tax returns...
The Democratic-led House passed a comprehensive proposal March 8 that would require the disclosure of presidential tax returns.
Fox News Poll: What bugs voters most about taxes? Rich not paying enough | Fox News
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This is not only significant because of what it says, but because FOX is saying it. The Republican tax scam, that began with Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign, may be coming to an end. It is about time. Since Jimmy Carter left office in 1980 the national debt as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) has grown from 31% in 1980 to 105% in 2018.
National Debt by Year: Compared to GDP and Major Events
Since the inauguration of Ronald Reagan in 1981 the rich have paid lower taxes on more money, while the national debt had grown and middle class incomes have not.
The American people are finally learning that tax cuts for the rich do not benefit people who are not rich. For us, lower taxes on the rich mean higher taxes on us, cuts in domestic spending programs that benefit us, and more national debt.
