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Thu Apr 1, 2021, 10:58 PM Apr 2021

Not April Fools: Americans support infrastructure spending IF more taxes are levied on the wealthy. [View all]

(This has probably posted here already - worth repeating)

54% said they supported infrastructure improvements with tax increases on corporations and Americans making over $400,000

27% of voters supported infrastructure investments without tax hikes.

Among Democrats, 73% supported infrastructure spending with tax hikes on the wealthy and corporations, compared to 32% of Republicans.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/voters-support-paying-infrastructure-taxes-161431339.html

There is broad support for higher taxes on the wealthy

64% strongly or somewhat agreed that “the very rich should contribute an extra share of their total wealth each year to support public programs

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-inequality-poll-idUSKBN1Z9141



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