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Poll: 49% Say Taxes Worse Than Going to Dentist

It’s not just the money that aggravates people about taxes, it’s the process. Forty-nine percent (49%) of American adults say that filling out income tax paperwork is worse than going to the dentist. Thirty-eight percent (38%) have the opposite view. The latest Rasmussen Reports survey also found that just 19% say that America’s tax system is generally fair. More than three times as many, 70%, say it is unfair. GOP voters are far more likely to say the system is fair (27%) than Democrats (12%).

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