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Q1. Payroll tax cut Pro: Puts money in pockets of people who spend it at businesses, large/small. More customers, increases demand, gives businesses a greater incentive to hire.
Q2. Payroll tax cut Con: Since people economically vulnerable a payroll tax cut not going to create much econ activity. People will mostly pay debts or save the money.
Q3. Payroll tax Exec: Now having considered arguments about the proposal, would you say that you favor or oppose temporarily reducing the payroll tax by half for employees?
Q4a. [First Choice] Key question is how tax cut will be funded. Here are three options.
Q4b. [Second choice] Key question is how tax cut will be funded. Here are three options.
Q5.Employer Payroll tax cut Pro: Will increase jobs and promote economic recovery by lowering cost of having an employee. It would mostly benefit small businesses who're most likely to hire new staff but having trouble w/capital to finance expansion
Q6. Employer Payroll tax cut Con: Cannot be sure employers will use money saved to create jobs. When it’s time to return to normal tax rate, employers will use lobbyists to extend it, driving up deficit, undermining SS
Q7. Tax Cut Exec: Now, having considered these arguments, do you favor or oppose temporarily reducing the payroll tax by half for employers on the first $5 million of payroll?
Q8. End Bush Tax cuts 1: Ever since tax cuts put in place, US running up national debt to danger high levels, undermining confidence in US, downgrading US credit rating. Keeping tax cuts creates debt for future gens & risk econ recovery
Q9. End Bush Tax cuts 2: Returning to tax rates of the late 1990s. Econ grew well then; job growth, balanced budget. Since then tax cuts created huge deficits. The rich have gotten richer, but little job growth, wages for MidClass stagnant
Q10. Keep Bush tax cuts 1: Soak the rich? But people w/capital invest and create jobs. Taxing away their resources will only set back econ recovery.
Q11. Keep Bush tax cuts 2: Deficit is a problem, but solution is to cut spending, not increase taxes. Government is simply too big. When govt sucks money out of economy through taxes, it undermines entrepreneurial spirit, weakens econ vitality
Q12. Obama plan 1: People w/low to mid income shouldn’t be hit w/tax increase in econ downturn. If they have less, will reduce demand, lower sales, hurt economy. Not true of 1-2% w/household incomes above $250,000. They have plenty of money.
Q13. Obama plan 2: Since tax cuts went into effect a decade ago, level of inequality in US has grown far worse. Time for rich to contribute fair share again. Meanwhile, middle class still needs a break
Q14. Bush tax cuts Exec: Now having considered args, which approach do you favor for dealing w/tax cuts passed by Congress in 2001 and 2003:
Q14a. If Congress adopts plan to let tax cuts expire for households w/high incomes, should cut off be $250,000 a year or some other amount?
Q15. Corp Tax Cut Pro: US has exceptionally high top corp tax rate; discourages investors from making investments in US economy. Lowering tax rate will encourage investments, leading to jobs.
Q16. Corp Tax Cut Con: Myth that US corps pay high taxes. US corps pay less in taxes than corps in most industrialized countries. By lobbying Congress, corps have gotten loopholes into tax code; Only pay fraction of tax rate or none at all.
Q17. Corp Tax Cut Pro: Lowering corp tax rates will increase after-tax profits, giving businesses more incentive to make investments. This will lead to greater business activity and create jobs.
Q18. Corp Tax Cut Con: Obviously, investors won’t refrain from making good investment b/c of tax rate. As long as there is money to be made, investors will invest. Corps should pay fair share.
Q19. Corp Tax Cut Exec: Now, having considered args, do you favor lowering top corporate tax rate from 35% to 25%:
D1. Generally speaking, do you think of yourself as a:
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D2. Sympathy for Tea Party?
D2a. Sympathy for Occupy Wall Street?
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