Showing posts with label federal deficit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label federal deficit. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Missourians Overwhelmingly Support Tax Hikes For Millionaires

From Politico (h/t Michael Kimberlin on Google+):
The liberal Progressive Change Campaign Committee is trying to take that a step further, and released polling today on a "millionaire's tax."

The poll question, asked by the Democratic firm PPP, "In order to reduce the national debt, would you support or oppose raising taxes on those with incomes over $1,000,000 a year?"

Asked that way, 78% of voters in Ohio backed the measure, 76% in Missouri, 77% in Montana, and 79% in Minnesota.
Seems like a smart way to balance the budget without destroying the safety net, if you ask me.

Update: Just saw that Fired Up Missouri already posted about this shortly before I did:
In Missouri, 67 percent of those polled were in favor of higher taxes on those making more than $250,000 a year and 76 percent supported higher taxes for those making over 1 million dollars.