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No Confidence: America's Declining Opinion of Tax Policy

NO CONFIDENCE AMERICA'S DECLINING OPINION OF TAX POLICY 2. wasted On a 2012 survey, takers believed the 56 oilar cents per dollar government Looking back, there is a steady decline. Does the government waste our tax dollars? "A lot" "Not much" 73% 1958 4% 2012 43% 10% What bothers you more? "The amount of taxes I pay" "How the taxes are used" -75% 8% 2002 2005 71% Americans increasingly express a desire for tax reform ... Redistribute wealth by taxing the rich? % of registered voters who wanted: Smaller government (lower taxes) "Yes" Bigger government (higher taxes) 75% 47% 35% VS 17% 2008 60, "03 '04 90, 1939 2000 ... but it's not happening. American millionaires by income level 2011 $1 - $5 million 26,724,200 (90%) $5 - $10 million 1,959,600 (7%) $10 - $100 million 987,300 (2.6%) $100+ million 29,000 (0.4%) % of people who think the tax rate is fair 2011: paid 15% tax on $45 million in earnings compared to the tax rates of The Top 1% The Top 10%- of wealthy Americans П 1945 '50 '55 '60 '65 '70 '75 '80 '85 '90 '95 2000 '05 '10 Despite the lip service, tax reform is almost always at the bottom of our list of national priorities. Only two national polls even ranked taxes as a priority 4% 2012 3% Bloombers Times York What is change worth to YOU? Presented By: master-of-accounting.net Designer: kingworkstreative.com http://www.pollingreport.com/prioriti.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_high-income_effective_tax_rates.png http://www.scribd.com/doc/134669474/Polls-on-Attitudes-on-Taxes-2013 http://www.taxjustice.net/cms/upload/pdf/Price_of_Offshore_Revisited_120722.pdf http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/US_high-income_effective_tax_rates.png http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/24/romney-tax-returns-to-give-view-of-family-wealth/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBx2Y5Hhpll "Rich people don't create jobs ... an ordinary consumer is more of a job creator than a capitalist like me. Calling ourselves job creators isn't just inaccurate, it's disingenuous." - Nick Hanauer IVITOEENG STATES OFAMERICA New

No Confidence: America's Declining Opinion of Tax Policy

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How American feelings on taxes have changed over time. Those who think their government wastes their money "a lot," drastically increased

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