Taxes on high income people too high

taxrich

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. A. First, for those with high 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
B/C/-	2008, 2021
D/-/-	2006
Full	1987

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	much too high	too high	about right	too low	much too low	can't choose	no answer	skipped on web	not available in this year	Total
1987	255	114	173	319	558	275	99	26	-	-	1819
1996	1572	140	310	296	360	112	87	27	-	-	2904
2006	2992	70	160	383	519	284	100	2	-	-	4510
2008	982	170	214	245	265	104	39	4	-	-	2023
2016	1477	104	210	326	482	212	40	16	-	-	2867
2021	2029	98	240	329	614	423	143	144	12	-	4032
Total	9307	696	1307	1898	2798	1410	508	219	12	0	18155