Questions - Tax Fairness - February 1-2, 2013
43% View Sales Tax As Fairest Kind of Tax
49% Think They Personally Pay More Than Their Fair Share in Taxes
49% Say Wealthy Americans Pay Less Than Fair Share in Taxes
See Toplines
Platinum Page
National Survey of
1,000 Adults
Conducted February 1-2, 2013
By Rasmussen Reports
1*
Do most wealthy Americans pay their
fair share in taxes, more than their fair share or less than their fair share
in taxes?
2*
Do most poor Americans pay their fair
share in taxes, more than their fair share or less than their fair share in
taxes?
3*
Do most middle-income Americans pay
their fair share in taxes, more than their fair share or less than their fair
share in taxes?
4* Currently, who pays a larger share of their income in
taxes — wealthy Americans or middle-class Americans?
5* Compared to
people who make more or less than you, do you pay more than your fair share of
taxes?
6* Think about
someone who makes twice as much as you do. When you add up all the taxes that
are paid, does a person who earns twice as much as you pay twice as much in
taxes, less than twice as much in taxes or more than twice as much in taxes?
7*
What about someone who earns half as much as you
do? Does a person who earns half as much as you pay half as much in taxes, less
than half as much in taxes or more than half as much in taxes?
8* Which type of tax is the most fair - income tax, sales
tax, payroll tax or property tax?
9* Which type of
tax is the least fair - income tax, sales tax, payroll tax or property tax?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling
Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
