Choice between reducing taxes or spending more

taxspend

Source

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

Details

Question If the government had a choice between reducing taxes or spending more on social programs like health care, social security, and unemployment benefits, which do you think it should do? (We mean all taxes together, including social security, income tax, sales tax, and all the rest.) PLEASE CHECK ONE BOX ONLY.

Values

1 reduce taxes
2 spend more on social programs
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
1996	A/B/C	full

Link at the GSS

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