Taxes on middle income people too high

taxmid

Source

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

Details

Question Generally, how would you describe taxes in America today... We mean all taxes together, including social security, income tax, sales tax, and all the rest. B. Next, for those with middle incomes, are taxes . . .

Values

[1] much too high
[2] too high
[3] about right
[4] too low
[5] much too low
[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

ballots	years
A/B/-	2016
A/B/C	1996
D/-/-	2006
Full	1987

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for taxmid.

Counts by year:

year	iap	much too high	too high	about right	too low	much too low	can't choose	no answer	not available in this year	Total
1987	255	251	777	408	35	4	66	23	-	1819
1996	1572	208	615	394	27	2	54	32	-	2904
2006	2992	206	635	574	46	11	46	-	-	4510
2016	1477	150	580	557	60	6	22	15	-	2867
Total	6296	815	2607	1933	168	23	188	70	0	12100