Survey Says…Taxes too High, Kill the Death Tax
Curtis Dubay /
The Tax Foundation released its “2009 Survey of U.S. Attitudes on Taxes, Government Spending and Wealth Distribution” yesterday.
Some interesting findings include:
- 56 percent of respondents think taxes are too high;
- Only 14 percent are willing to pay more than $10,000 a year in total taxes for the government services they receive from all level of governments—federal, state and local;
- 34 percent prefer decreased government services and lower taxes, 36 percent want services and taxes to stay the same, only 10 percent want more services and higher taxes;
- 44 percent would exchange their federal tax deductions, such as for home mortgage interest, for a cut in their income tax rate; and
- 67 percent favor killing the death tax. (more…)