Gallup: 61% of Americans say the income tax they pay is fair: most postive since 1956

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

(h/t to DemFromCT at Daily Kos)

Views of Income Taxes Among Most Positive Since 1956

it turns out the American people have a different idea about taxes than the teabaggers:

A new Gallup Poll finds 48% of Americans saying the amount of federal income taxes they pay is "about right," with 46% saying "too high" — one of the most positive assessments Gallup has measured since 1956. Typically, a majority of Americans say their taxes are too high, and relatively few say their taxes are too low…

The poll also finds 61% of Americans saying they regard the income taxes they have to pay this year as fair. There has been very little change on this measure in the last six years…

Implications

As the remaining U.S. tax filers prepare to send their income-tax returns before the April 15 deadline, Gallup finds Americans' views of their federal income taxes about as positive as at any point in the last 60 years. This may reflect the income-tax cut that was part of the $787 billion economic stimulus plan, as well as a continuing sense of patriotism with the country fighting two wars.

 

Remind me again exactly what the protests are supposed to be about? Is it to remind us that the nutters are different than the rest of us, and that Fox isn't really a news station but an entertainment division of the GOP? Well, for anyone who doubted it, it should be clear as crystal after Wednesday. Let's see if they are as family-friendly as a late October Sarah Palin rally.