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struggle4progress

(118,273 posts)
Thu Jan 11, 2018, 04:51 PM Jan 2018

Majority says tax law benefits wealthy the most

BY MALLORY SHELBOURNE - 01/11/18 12:44 PM EST

... Sixty-six percent of those polled in a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday said the wealthy will “benefit the most,” ...

A majority of Americans, 52 percent, said they do not approve of the tax plan, compared to 32 percent who support the Republican legislation. Sixteen percent said they did not know or did not provide an answer ...

http://thehill.com/policy/finance/domestic-taxes/368512-majority-says-gop-tax-law-benefits-the-wealthy-the-most

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Majority says tax law benefits wealthy the most (Original Post) struggle4progress Jan 2018 OP
I don't entirely get the concept of polling an objective fact. Bleacher Creature Jan 2018 #1
There are 50 states? pangaia Jan 2018 #2
I think the idea is understand what messages are getting through fescuerescue Jan 2018 #4
52 percent disapproving Jspur Jan 2018 #3
93% of republicans believe Huntsville, Al is farther south than San Antonio, TX. pangaia Jan 2018 #5

Bleacher Creature

(11,256 posts)
1. I don't entirely get the concept of polling an objective fact.
Thu Jan 11, 2018, 04:54 PM
Jan 2018

And yet more than 30% believe otherwise. What's next, polling people to see how many believe there are 50 states?

fescuerescue

(4,448 posts)
4. I think the idea is understand what messages are getting through
Thu Jan 11, 2018, 05:01 PM
Jan 2018

Are people believing what the left, or what the right says?

Honestly, very few take the time to research it themselves, and most rely on news and social media.

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