… How can progressives frame the economic debate on their own terms? All conservatives want to talk about is capitalism and socialism, but in doing so, they expose one of their greatest weaknesses – support for an economic system that puts the wealthy ahead of regular people. CONT. – pdf […] Read more »
A populist revolt?
… Sixty percent say the country’s economic system mainly benefits those in power. At first blush, that seems like strong support for suggesting a potential populist revolt. But is it? How would we know? Is 60 percent a large number responding this way or a small number; something typical or […] Read more »
Government’s Role in Controlling Incomes
This may come as no great surprise, but income matters. As my colleague Megan Brenan recently demonstrated, income is positively related to people’s satisfaction with various life situations Gallup routinely assesses — including not only standard of living and housing, but also such things as the community Americans live in […] Read more »
Americans Still Not Seeing Tax Cut Benefit
As Americans file their 2018 income taxes, they are now able to evaluate whether they benefited from the sweeping Republican-sponsored tax overhaul, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which President Donald Trump signed into law in December 2017. The president touted the legislation, which included tax cuts for individuals and […] Read more »
Is America divided between the ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’? Most people say no.
Several Democrats running for their party’s nomination have put economic inequality at the center of their campaigns, touting ambitious plans to address the growing gap between the wealthiest Americans and the rest of the country. But survey data from Gallup released Tuesday suggests that most Americans don’t think the country […] Read more »
Growing Partisan Divide Over Fairness of the Nation’s Tax System
As the April 15 tax deadline approaches, overall public views of the fairness of the nation’s tax system have changed only modestly since 2017, before passage of major tax legislation. However, partisan differences on tax fairness have increased considerably since then, and now are wider than at any point in […] Read more »