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

ballots	years
A/B/C	1996

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	reduce taxes	spend more on social programs	can't choose	no answer	not available in this year	Total
1996	1572	408	610	292	22	-	2904
Total	1572	408	610	292	22	0	2904