Conservatively Speaking
State Senator Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin) represents parts of four counties: Milwaukee, Waukesha, Racine, and Walworth. Her Senate District 28 includes New Berlin, Franklin, Greendale, Hales Corners, Muskego, Waterford, Big Bend and parts of Greenfield, East Troy, and Mukwonago. Senator Lazich has been in the Legislature for more than a decade. She considers herself a tireless crusader for lower taxes, reduced spending and smaller government.
How do Americans feel about taxes?
By Mary Lazich
Monday, Apr 16 2007, 06:21 AM
With the income tax deadline fast approaching, the Tax Foundation in Washington D.C. has just released its annual survey on Americans’ attitude about taxes.
Here are the key findings:
• A new 2007 poll of tax attitudes finds a majority of U.S. adults believe the federal tax code is complex, that the federal income taxes they pay are “too high,” and the federal tax system needs major changes or a complete overhaul.
• Just one in ten (10 percent) say they are willing to pay higher taxes to eliminate 2007’s projected $244 billion federal budget deficit.
• Two-thirds (66 percent) favor a complete elimination of the controversial federal estate tax.
• Roughly half (48 percent) say they are willing to give up some federal tax deductions if such broadening of the tax base were coupled with an across-the-board cut in tax rates.
• The estate tax is seen as the most “unfair” federal tax, followed by gasoline taxes and personal income taxes. At the state and local level, gasoline taxes are seen as the most “unfair” tax, followed by local property taxes and motor vehicle taxes.You can read the entire Tax Foundation report
here.
