This statistic shows the results of a survey among American Republicans and Democrats on whether they believe that upper-income people are paying their fair share in taxes or that they are paying too much or too little. In 2012, 44 percent of the Republican respondents stated that the upper-income people were paying a fair share in federal taxes in their opinion, while only 13 percent of surveyed Democrats stated the same.
Are the U.S. upper-income people paying their fair share in taxes?
(by political affiliation, 2012)
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Pew Research Center. (August 27, 2012). Are the U.S. upper-income people paying their fair share in taxes? (by political affiliation, 2012) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/241880/federal-taxes-for-rich-people-different-opinions-of-republicans-and-democrats/
Pew Research Center. "Are the U.S. upper-income people paying their fair share in taxes? (by political affiliation, 2012)." Chart. August 27, 2012. Statista. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/241880/federal-taxes-for-rich-people-different-opinions-of-republicans-and-democrats/
Pew Research Center. (2012). Are the U.S. upper-income people paying their fair share in taxes? (by political affiliation, 2012). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/241880/federal-taxes-for-rich-people-different-opinions-of-republicans-and-democrats/
Pew Research Center. "Are The U.S. Upper-income People Paying Their Fair Share in Taxes? (by Political Affiliation, 2012)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Aug 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/241880/federal-taxes-for-rich-people-different-opinions-of-republicans-and-democrats/
Pew Research Center, Are the U.S. upper-income people paying their fair share in taxes? (by political affiliation, 2012) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/241880/federal-taxes-for-rich-people-different-opinions-of-republicans-and-democrats/ (last visited December 23, 2024)
Are the U.S. upper-income people paying their fair share in taxes? (by political affiliation, 2012) [Graph], Pew Research Center, August 27, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/241880/federal-taxes-for-rich-people-different-opinions-of-republicans-and-democrats/
