Americans Support Higher Taxes

We posted earlier a piece by former Reagan and Bush (I) Administration official Bruce Bartlitt explaining that claims of high taxes are baloney and that, in fact, effective tax rates are at historical lows. Now, Bartlitt explains that, in poll after poll, Americans actually support higher taxes. Here's his lead paragraph:

Contrary to Republican dogma, polls show that the American people strongly support higher taxes to reduce the deficit and improve income inequality. Following are 19 different polls since the first of the year that say so.

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We posted earlier a piece by former Reagan and Bush (I) Administration official Bruce Bartlitt explaining that claims of high taxes are baloney and that, in fact, effective tax rates are at historical lows. Now, Bartlitt explains that, in poll...

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Other than polls in which a majority of respondents respond, generically, that some tax increases will be necessary to address the deficit, the only thing that can be drawn from these polls is that there is support for increasing taxes on "the rich," "millionaires," or "large corporations." Is it really surprising that a majority of respondents favor higher taxes for **other people**? Also, "only 37 percent of people believe that reducing the deficit will require higher taxes on them; 59 percent do not." Incredible. A majority thinks that others should pay higher taxes and that they should not. These polls shouldn't be presented as evidence that "American people strongly support higher taxes"; at best, they are evidence that "American people strongly support higher taxes" **on other people**.