Read my lips : why Americans are proud to pay taxes /
Conventional wisdom holds that Americans hate taxes. But the conventional wisdom is wrong. Bringing together national survey data with in-depth interviews, Read My Lips presents a surprising picture of tax attitudes in the United States. Vanessa Williamson demonstrates that Americans view taxpaying...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
[2017]
©2017 |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE: THE TAX REVOLT WAS A LONG TIME AGO; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Introduction; 1. Pride and Prejudice and Taxes; 2. How the Taxpaying Experience Obscures Low-Income Taxpayers; 3. Where Should Tax Money Go?; 4. How the Taxpaying Experience Shapes Attitudes about Progressivity; 5. (How) Is Tax Money Wasted?; Conclusion; APPENDIX A. THE U.S. TAX SYSTEM: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION; APPENDIX B. MEET THE INTERVIEWEES; NOTES; INDEX.