Washington, D.C. – As a candidate for president, Joe Biden promised that any American making less than $400,000 per year would not see their tax increased by so much as “one thin dime.” Now that he’s in office that promise, predictably, is out the window.
The plan the president is backing, while yet to be finalized, includes proposals to increase the taxes paid by individuals and corporations, to hike the tax on capital and investment, and, in a separate move, to re-incentivize American business to relocate offshore.
As “tax happy” as the Biden administration proposals may be, the Americans on whose behalf the president says he is making them are not thrilled. By a margin of 80/20, voters in a new poll say they are opposed to any new taxes or tax increases as the U.S. emerges from the coronavirus pandemic.
The poll of 1,916 registered American voters conducted Sept. 3-6 by HarrisX for the non-partisan group Americans for Tax Reform found that when asked to pick whether “Now is not the right time to raise taxes because many businesses and individuals have not yet recovered” or “Now is the right time to raise taxes for new spending projects” better represented their views, 80 percent of those surveyed chose the former over the latter.
The strong majority opposed to tax hikes could be seen in most demographic groups participating in the survey including 86 percent of women, 85 percent of voters make less than $75 thousand per year, 83 percent of independents, 82 percent of suburban voters, 74 percent of Hispanics, 70 percent of people who said they voted for Joe Biden, and 69 percent of those who identified themselves as Democrats.
Analysts suggest these numbers should be of concern to the White House which, of late, apparently considers the drop in Biden’s approval numbers temporary and largely connected to the administration’s handling of the U.S. withdrawal of Afghanistan which, most polls show, is seen as an embarrassing failure by most Americans.
The decline in Biden’s numbers, as well as the lack of enthusiasm among the public for the tax hikes Democrats say are necessary to raise some of the revenue needed to pay for the $3.5 trillion in new spending, will make it harder to enforce the unity needed among Democrats to get the budget plan currently before Congress through.
In the past week, several Democrats who believe they must at least appear to be pushing back on the new taxes and spending have voiced their doubts publicly about the bill. Sen Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., whose vote is critical to getting the legislation known on Capitol Hill as “reconciliation” passed.
Machin has repeatedly expressed doubts about the $3.5 trillion spending package and recently called for a “pause” in negotiations on the bill, a move the bipartisan group “No Labels” group said had the support of 60 percent of voters it contacted in a recent survey who, they said, would prefer having more time to learn about what the proposed package of new taxes, spending, and regulation would do if it were enacted.
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Peter Roff is affiliated with several Washington, D.C. public policy organizations and is a former U.S. News and World Report contributing editor who appears regularly as a commentator on the One America News network. He can be reached by email at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @PeterRoff.
Are there proponents of Tax Hikes? Remember when Obama systematically repealed our Bill of Rights? The sort of people who would condone that activity would like to see their costs of living increase as well. Maybe they’re just gluttons for punishment.
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A similar broken promise cost George Bush (41) a second term. C’mon man!
That’s all this idiot knows how to do is lie, anyone who voted for this idiot are as dumb as he is!
They are also CATHOLIC TRAITORS.
Knock it off dipstick! You are painting with too broad of a brush. You sound lol me a Lefty religious bigot.
LIE & PLAGARIZE because he has NO GOOD THOUGHTS on his own.
America is falling fast under this worthless DC scum!! This is what you get after a lifetime in government.
There have been in the past Democrats who objected to proposed legislation. However, when it comes to a vote , they always vote with the Democrat party.
What the 3.5TRILLION s[ending package would do is put unnessarry Financial burden on 90% of Americans and dtrive them into poverty!!!
Biden is a CATHOLIC TRAITOR. Pelosi is a CATHOLIC TRAITOR. SCOTUS is now CATHOLIC.
Have you ever heard of a CATHOLIC “C” nation that has not overspent?
Have you ever heard of a CATHOLIC “C” nation that is not corrupt?
Have you ever heard of a CATHOLIC “ C” nation that has honest elections?
Have you ever heard of a “C” nation that is successful?
Have you ever heard of a “C’’ nation where the populace is educated?
Have you ever heard of a “C” nation that does not need to ‘export’ the illiterate ILLEGAL ALIEN CATHOLIC “C” INVADERS?
All the above proves a thousand years of exactly 100% FAILURE. Do not vote for FAILURE!
Vote for ANY CATHOLIC “C” and you vote for a traitor.
Vote for ANY CATHOLIC “C” and the borders will never be secured.
You are one sick piece of work.
this whole bunch of idiots needs a real education on how the United States of America works and a good beating just might work
Eugene – the AMERICAN PEOPLE MUST, AS OUR DUTY, REMOVE the REPS and the COURTS since they have subverted our Constitution.
“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the Courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who would pervert the Constitution.” Abraham Lincoln.
Good its X the board Hoorah
Since Socialist/DIMocrats view your income as actually theirs, it is their job to determine how much of it you should get to keep. This is due to their deep-seated conviction that they know better how to spend your money than you do. Voters reinforce this belief by continually re-electing these elitist thieves. If you vote for DIMocrats, you have only yourself to blame.
Anyone that actually ‘believed’ anything that biden promised and then actually voted for biden deserves everything that is now coming down from biden’s gang in the whitehouse. (as a side note, biden did keep his campaign promuse re allowing all the illegals free access to America)
There is no doubt that any increase in taxes is not wanted. However, the top 1% are presently making more money to feel their trough while the poor and middle class continue to shore the fat cats. Consider the 7 trillion added to the national debt while trump was the illegitimate president, it is imperative that taxes be raised and force the fat cats to pay their fair share. We can no longer carry them on our backs.
Posters should fill these pages with FU BIDEN!!!
wow, you mean Biden LIED about tax increases?..I’m shocked, I better sit down……the truth is Biden hasn’t told the truth about ANY THING, he’s a pathalogical Liar, and people wonder why there’s no trust in our goverment..they’ll say ANY THING to get elected and you cannot trust anything they tell you.
Sleepy Joe Biden, the Liar in Chief!
Dirty Joe opens his mouth and nothing but lies come out! No matter what he’s trying to sell the American people are nothing but lies! JUST LIKE NO AMERICANS LEFT BEHIND IN AFGHANISTAN!
There’s not much more Numb Nuts can do to further alienate himself from the gentry. First and foremost, he’s a poster-chi…uuh…senior…for Socialists, and few Americans are stupid enough to fall for that ruse at this juncture. Second, he’s too wrapped up with singling out his chosen sector: Women, in order to corral those votes to the exclusion of the other gender. (I’ll assume we’ll fulfill some function when his efforts come to fruition.) Third, the man is demented, and during his campaign, he demonstrated that aspect of his mental capacity quite satisfactorily in my book. Why he got any votes at all was a mystery, though I’m sure the Hyena was a factor. America can weather this particular storm, but we’ll get the brunt of it until it passes our country.
70% of Biden voters? Like these idiots have any cause to complain.
Joe Biden is the worst asshole and should be tried by the military and hung for the coward he really is. My belief is he walks with satan and sleeps with demons and would like to see America fall so he could be hitler
Raising taxes will put another nail in the coffin for Biden. His administration is a perfect example of Democrats tax and spend solution to all of their proposals. America has had enough of this lazy, brain-dead Democrat. It’s time to rid what is left of this country’s inept leaders before we have no viable country left to save. The sooner, the better for all of us!
Sorry Joe Blow: YOU are dead in the water.
Al long as the Democrats are in power, we “Americans” will have no “good news” forthcoming. We are sliding down a slippery slope into the Democrats cauldron of incompetent, misguided and Anti-American policies.
AS If ANY PROMISE OF BLESSINGS FROM A LIBERAL IS EVER KEPT ! “THEY LIE” !
The old pay more and get lees from the communist democrat cult party members trying to enslave all who work to pay for those who refuse to work!