Taxes on high income people too high

taxrich

Source

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

Details

Question 1257. 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. For those with high incomes, are taxes...

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	iap	about right	can't choose	much too high	much too low	no answer	too high	too low	skipped on web	not available in this year	Total
1972	1613	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1613
1973	1504	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1504
1974	1484	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1484
1975	1490	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1490
1976	1499	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1499
1977	1530	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1530
1978	1532	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1532
1980	1468	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1468
1982	1860	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1860
1983	1599	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1599
1984	1473	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1473
1985	1534	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1534
1986	1470	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1470
1987	255	319	99	114	275	26	173	558	-	-	1819
1988	1481	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1481
1989	1537	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1537
1990	1372	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1372
1991	1517	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1517
1993	1606	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1606
1994	2992	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2992
1996	1572	296	87	140	112	27	310	360	-	-	2904
1998	2832	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2832
2000	2817	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2817
2002	2765	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2765
2004	2812	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2812
2006	2992	383	100	70	284	2	160	519	-	-	4510
2008	982	245	39	170	104	4	214	265	-	-	2023
2010	2044	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2044
2012	1974	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1974
2014	2538	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2538
2016	1477	326	40	104	212	16	210	482	-	-	2867
2018	2348	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2348
2021	2029	329	143	98	423	144	240	614	12	-	4032
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3544	3544
2024	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3309	3309
Total	59998	1898	508	696	1410	219	1307	2798	12	6853	75699

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