How much income tax should rich pay?

progtax

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question Some people think those with high incomes should pay a larger proportion (percentage) of their earnings in taxes than those who earn low incomes. Other people think that those with high incomes and those with low incomes should pay the same proportion (percentage) of their earnings in taxes. Do you think those with high incomes should pay a much larger proportion, pay a larger proportion, pay the same proportion as those who earn low incomes, pay a smaller proportion. pay a much smaller proportion?

Values

1 pay much more
2 pay more
3 all pay same
4 pay less
5 pay much less
NA(d) can't choose / NA(i) iap / NA(j) I don't have a job / NA(m) dk, na, iap / NA(n) no answer / NA(p) not imputable / NA(r) refused / NA(s) skipped on web / NA(u) uncodeable / NA(x) not available in this release / NA(y) not available in this year / NA(z) see codebook

Question Years and Ballots

year	ballots	availability
1985	-/-/-	full
1990	A/B/C	full

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