Taxes on low income people too high

taxpoor

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. C. Lastly, for those with low 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 taxpoor.

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	477	575	352	43	15	75	27	-	1819
1996	1572	292	493	368	46	7	89	37	-	2904
2006	2992	378	529	472	60	22	56	1	-	4510
2016	1477	313	501	424	81	30	27	14	-	2867
Total	6296	1460	2098	1616	230	74	247	79	0	12100