NOT raising Tariffs, which IS a TAX on America’s from Trump….
NOT from Congress….
Anybody surprised with this ?
Raising income taxes for wealthy Americans is the most popular way of reducing the federal debt, according to the latest Gallup poll.
The survey, conducted in September, asks Americans whether they support a range of methods aimed at reducing the federal debt, which has ballooned in recent years to more than $37 trillion.
Only two proposals receive a majority support of U.S. adults: 63 percent back “increasing income tax rates for upper-income Americans,” and 54 percent support “increasing tax revenues by making major changes to the current federal tax code.”
Among those who favor increasing taxes on the rich are 86 percent of Democrats, 62 percent of independents and 38 percent of Republicans.
The parties are less polarized on making changes to the tax code, which is favored by 64 percent of Democrats, 54 percent of independents and 46 percent of Republicans…..
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Only 41 percent of Americans support imposing tariffs as a way to increase tax revenue to reduce the federal debt — a core feature of President Trump’s economic policy — while a staggering 89 percent of Republicans support the method, as well as 35 percent of independents but only 5 percent of Democrats…..
Polls for years have consistently such a result.
The problem?
Well, many of those who say they support such ,regularly vote Republican.Republicans are rarely consistent on much,particularly in the Trump years, but one matter on which they are is adamant opposition to increasing taxes on the wealthy.
So the fact that a bunch of Republicans claim to support the issue while supporting candidates who will never support such makes the whole matter an irrelevancy.