Survey Says…Taxes too High, Kill the Death Tax

Curtis Dubay / April 13, 2009

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…)