ISSUE GUIDES: Federal Budget
PUBLIC VIEW: PEOPLE’S CHIEF CONCERNS
- More than half of Americans say that reducing the budget deficit should be a top priority for Congress, but other...
- Half of Americans say the federal budget deficit is a "very serious" problem
- Health care costs and jobs going overseas rank higher as economic concerns than the federal budget deficit
- Americans say about half of every tax dollar is wasted by the federal government
- Seven in 10 voters say only "some" or "not much" of their tax money goes to government programs they personally support
- Two-thirds of Americans say wealth should be more evenly distributed but are divided on whether the government should ....
- Survey responses on the size of government vary depending on how the question is worded
- Half of Americans say federal income taxes are too high, but six in 10 say the income tax they pay is fair
- The number of Americans who say federal income taxes are "too high" has declined since the 1990s
- A plurality of Americans say the local property tax is the "least fair," and that number has increased since 1994
- Large majorities say corporations and upper-income Americans pay "too little" in taxes
- Americans are divided on whether the IRS is too tough when it comes to enforcing the nation's tax laws
- Americans are divided on whether it's becoming more difficult for people to cheat on their taxes and many say they don't know
- Most Americans say they would be more likely to vote for a candidate who would reduce the federal budget deficit by canceling...
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