Poll: Public Supports Taxing the Richest
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) blusters about not passing the American Jobs Act because he and other Republicans don’t want to raise taxes. But the Jobs Act would only raise taxes on the very richest of the rich—and that’s what he and other corporate puppets don’t want.
But the American people do. More than two-thirds of Americans, including a majority of Republicans, say the extremely wealthiest should pay more in taxes to bring down the budget deficit, and even larger numbers think Medicare and Social Security benefits should be left alone, according to a poll released today.
The Bloomberg-Washington Post national poll—another in a line of polls showing U.S. public support for raising taxes on the rich—shows that 53 percent of self-identified Republicans said they would support such a measure to bring down the deficit.
But the Boehners in Congress aren’t listening. Which is why tens of thousands of people have gathered at Occupy Wall Street events across the nation, and why thousands of people are taking part in the union movement’sAmerica Wants to Work week of action now under way.
Gallup: Strong Support for Freedom to Form Unions
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A new independent Gallup poll says a majority of Americans favor new legislation to make it easier for workers to form unions and bargain—vital public support in the fight to pass the Employee Free Choice Act.
Created and conducted by Gallup, the poll of 1,024 adults across the country shows 53 percent of respondents favor “a new law that would make it easier for labor unions to organize workers.” The poll was reported this morning by Huffington Post‘s Sam Stein, who says the results “give a boost” to efforts to pass this critical bill. The bill would give workers, not their bosses, the ability to choose how to form a union and protect workers from corporate coercion, harassment and illegal firing when they try to form unions.
