Questions - Burger King - August 29-30, 2014
“Whopper” of a Deal: Americans Weigh in on Burger King Move
Americans Are Conflicted Over Corporate Taxes
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Platinum Page
National Survey of
1,000 American Adults
Conducted August 29-30, 2014
By Rasmussen Reports
1*
How closely have you followed recent news reports about Burger King?
2*
Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very
unfavorable impression of Burger King?
3*
Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very
unfavorable impression of Warren Buffett?
4* Burger
King has announced a deal that will move its corporate headquarters to Canada,
allowing it to escape higher U.S. taxes and to shelter its shareholders from
capital gains taxes. Are you more likely or less likely to eat at Burger King It
moves its headquarters to Canada? Or will that have no impact on your eating
decisions?
5* Should
the federal government be able to stop U.S. businesses from moving out of the
country to lower their U.S. tax load?
6* Do
corporations pay too much tax, too little tax or about the right amount of
taxes?
7* Is
the tax rate paid by corporations in the United States higher or lower than the
tax rate paid by corporations in most other industrialized countries?
8* Do
higher corporate taxes help or hurt the economy? Or do they have no impact?
9* In
thinking about the corporate income tax, is it better to have lower tax rates and
very few tax deductions or higher tax rates and lots of deductions?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling
Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence