As income-tax refunds are down more than 7 percent from last year, Americans’ view of federal income taxes hit a two-decade low, according to a new poll released on May 19.
The Gallup poll showed 60 percent of respondents believe the amount in federal income taxes that they pay is too high, a level last seen in 2001, just shortly before George W. Bush signed his first major tax cut law.
“Since then, no presidents have significantly raised federal income tax rates for lower- and middle-income Americans, but Democratic Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden both raised taxes on upper-income Americans and corporations,” Gallup said….