Public Opinion on Taxes

The American Enterprise Institute has published a new a new AEI Public Opinion Study, Public Opinion on Taxes, by AEI senior fellow Karlyn Bowman. From the press release:

Using available polling data, Bowman examines how attitudes toward paying taxes have changed over the past half century and what those attitudes are today. Among the highlights:

• The personal property tax is a bigger headache for most people than the federal income tax.
• Today, Democrats lead Republicans as the party better able to handle taxes, a significant change from the past.
• Pluralities of Americans think their taxes will go up under a Democratic or Republican president.
• When asked how much of total income should go to taxes, people put the number at 10-25%.
• Americans don't like the estate tax.
• Ratings of the IRS are up.