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J.D. Tuccille: Americans are primed for another tax revolt
A new poll shows that the majority of Americans think they pay too much in taxes
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April is tax month in the United States, when taxpayers must file paperwork and settle accounts with the Internal Revenue Service and its state-level counterparts. This is not, to put it mildly, a popular annual occurrence.
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With the country born in a revolution founded in part on resentment of taxation, Americans remain resistant to taxes that are generally less burdensome than those inflicted on the residents of many other countries. Of course, most Americans also want less government than they have, so it makes sense that they think they’re paying too much for the apparatus of an overly large state.
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According to a recent Gallup poll, “Americans’ belief that they pay too much in taxes remains elevated for the fourth consecutive year, with 59 per cent saying this. Most others, 37 per cent, say their taxes are ‘about right,’ while three per cent think they are too low.”
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