A Recent Poll Shows Popularity Of The Millionare Tax

Most people agree with President Obama’s plan to require millionaires to put a significant amount of their income toward their 2012 taxes. However, the same people would prefer to see a cut in spending rather than a millionaire tax to help balance the federal budget. These results come from an Associated Press-GfK Poll.

The survey shows that Obama’s millionaire tax plan has a lot of support. However, his plan has not changed people’s opinions on how to bring down the budget deficit. United States deficits have been larger than $1 trillion dollars a year. Sixty-five percent of the people polled agreed with President Obama’s plan to tax millionaires at a rate equal to 30 percent of their income. According to the poll, only 26 percent of those surveyed were against the idea.

Interestingly, 56 percent of those polled preferred spending cuts rather than hikes in 2012 taxes to fix the budget. Thirty-one percent of those polled preferred tax hikes. This same question was asked a year ago, and the response changed only slightly.

The poll further showed that the majority of people have a more favorable view of Democrats than they do of Republicans. This should be good news for President Obama as we enter election season. According to the poll, 54 percent of those surveyed gave the Democrats good ratings and 46 percent of those surveyed gave Republicans favorable ratings.

Although Obama has little chance of having his proposal passed by Congress during the campaign season, it serves as a Democratic rallying cry. It also shows a stark contrast between Democrats and Republicans who would like to lower the tax rate for millionaires. It will be interesting to see how these issues are approached during the election.

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