Posted on 02/23/2015 6:15:55 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
President Barack Obama’s plan to raise capital gains taxes on wealthy families is winning public approval, according to a new survey.
When asked whether they’d favor increasing the capital gains tax on stocks owned by households making more than $500,000 per year, 56 percent of those surveyed said they would, in the latest Associated Press-GfK poll. And 68 percent of wealthy households responded that they’re paying “too little” in federal taxes. Among middle-class households, 60 percent reported that they’re paying too much.
A plurality of 47 percent also agreed that a fee should be instituted against financial institutions and banks with assets of more than $50 billion.
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The poll comes on the heels of the president’s State of the Union address last month, in which he pushed for an end to “loopholes that lead to inequality by allowing the top 1 percent to avoid paying taxes on their accumulated wealth.”
The survey assessed the opinions of 1,045 adults across the country between Jan. 29-Feb. 2, with a margin of error of plus-or-minus 3.5 percentage points.
Obama has a Plan , so lets have a Fake Poll to show that everyone supports it ,D’oh
I can't believe that.
Who answered the phone? The maid, or the unemployed (and unemployable) trustafarian kid?
I deserve 100% of what I earn, not the 50% (or less) that the federal, state and local governments "allow" me to keep. Serfs in the middle ages kept between 75% and 90%, so even that would be an immense improvement.
According to the last election, Valerie’s man child and the Demon Rat party was rejected.
So the buttlicking media can take their polls and shove it.
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