November 16-18, 2012: CNN/ORC International Poll — Nationwide poll on tax rates for high-income people.
Which of these statements comes closest to your view?…Taxes on wealthy people should be kept low because they invest their money in the private sector and that helps the economy and creates jobs. Taxes on wealthy people should be kept high so the government can use their money for programs to help lower-income people.
36% Taxes on wealthy people should be kept low because they invest their money in the private sector and that helps the economy and creates jobs.
56% Taxes on wealthy people should be kept high so the government can use their money for programs to help lower-income people.
8% No opinion
Survey by Cable News Network. Methodology: Conducted by ORC International, November 16 – November 18, 2012 and based on 1,023 telephone interviews. Sample: National adult. The sample included 758 interviews among landline respondents and 265 interviews among cell phone respondents. [USORC.112612.R21]
Formal Citation
CNN/ORC International Poll, Nov, 2012. Retrieved Dec-4-2012 from the iPOLL Databank, The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut. http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/data_access/ipoll/ipoll.html