April 19, 2005
Roll Call -- 'Life’s Certainties: Death, Taxes and Polling on Taxes'
"In the new Harris Interactive/Tax Foundation poll, when people were asked, “What is the maximum percentage of a person’s income that should go to taxes — that is, all taxes, state, federal, and local?” the mean response was 16 percent. When asked what percentage the typical American actually pays in all taxes, respondents ventured an estimate of 29 percent."
