WHO does GALLUP talk to?
A sample of all adults in the U.S., half of whom aren’t even registered to vote and/or required to pay income tax.
This isn’t a sampling question or bad poll. Unfortunately, way too many Americans are all for taxing “the rich” to protect their middle class entitlements. It results from the erosion of our national character. We’ve gone from rugged individuals to adult babies who sit on our asses with our hands out looking for someone to feed us and take care of us and give us toys to play with. Not everyone in America is this way but a lot of people are. Its disgusting. And its reflected in this poll. Have the “rich” pay for my kids college, or subsidize my mortgage, or pay for my retirement, or the roads I drive on. Its what we are up against as conservatives.
The American People are ignorant and smug. Demagoguery works because people are lazy and jealous.