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This article goes on to talk about how different people feel about the equality of taxes. Near the end of the article it talks a little bit about the different parties have to say about the fairness. Democrat's more often tend to think (76% of democrats) that big cooperate businesses and the wealthy people do not pay their fair share of taxes, while fewer republicans (37% of republicans) think that they do not pay their fair share. The article also says that 41% of republicans are bothered by how much they pay in taxes vs. only 26%of democrats. Overall it is a bout a 50-50 split that think they pay too much in taxes vs. the right mount. This was a very helpful source because it purely listed the facts and numbers for us as the readers to interpret. Because there were no biases this source was listed a center. The main goal/ help of this source was the fact that if just gave numbers and percentages with little analysis of what the numbers mean.

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President Joe Biden has proposed raising taxes on corporations and wealthy Americans to help pay for a series of new initiatives, ensuring that the issue of taxes will be front and center for Congress in the weeks and months ahead.

The public's frustrations with the U.S. tax system have not changed much in recent years. Far more Americans continue to say they are bothered "a lot" by the feeling that some corporations and wealthy people do not pay their fair share of taxes than by the complexity of the tax system or even the amount they pay in taxes.

Majorities of Americans say they are bothered a lot by the feeling that some corporations and wealthy people don't pay their fair share in taxes (59% each), according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted April 5-11.

Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand Americans' views of the U.S. federal tax system. For this analysis, we surveyed 5,109 U.S. adults in April 2021. Everyone who took part is a member of the Center's American Trends Panel (ATP), an online survey panel that is recruited through national, random sampling of residential addresses. This way nearly all U.S. adults have a chance of selection. The survey is weighted to be representative of the U.S. adult population by gender, race, ethnicity, partisan affiliation, education and other categories. Read more about the ATP's methodology.

Here are the questions used for the report, along with responses, and its methodology.

Nearly half (47%) say they are bothered a lot by the complexity of the federal tax system, while a third say the same about the amount they pay in taxes. Just 13% express a similar degree of frustration with the feeling that some poor people don't pay their fair share in taxes. For four of the five items asked about in the survey - the exception being the sense that the poor do not pay their fair share in taxes - sizable majorities say they are bothered a lot or some. Relatively few say they are bothered not much or not at all by these aspects of the tax system.

Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents are far more likely than Republicans and GOP leaners to say they are bothered "a lot" by the feeling that some corporations don't pay their fair share in taxes (76% vs. 38%). There is a similar gap over the feeling that some wealthy people don't pay their fair share (78% of Democrats vs. 36% of Republicans).

Partisan differences are smaller for the other items in the survey.

About half of Republicans (52%) and 45% of Democrats say they are bothered a lot by the tax system's complexity. And while 41% of Republicans say they are bothered a lot by the amount they pay in taxes, a smaller share of Democrats (26%) say the same.

Just 17% of Republicans and 10% of Democrats say they are bothered a lot by the feeling that some poor people don't pay their fair share. This is the lowest-ranked concern in both party coalitions.

Views of personal tax burden differ by age, party

For the second time in two years, the IRS has delayed Tax Day this year because of the coronavirus outbreak. Individual tax returns will be due May 17 instead of the customary date of April 15.

In the Center's latest survey, around half of Americans (49%) say they pay more than their fair share in taxes, considering what they get from the federal government, while 44% say they pay about the right amount in taxes. Few (6%) say they pay less than their fair share in taxes.

There are modest demographic differences in Americans' views of their personal tax burden, with a few exceptions.

Americans 65 and older are the only age group in which a majority (56%) say they pay about the right amount in taxes. Those ages 30 to 64 are more critical, with a little over half (53%) saying they pay more than their fair share in taxes.

Views among those ages 18 to 29 are mixed: 43% say they pay more than their fair share in taxes, and 42% say they pay the right amount. Similar shares of upper- and middle-income Americans (52% and 54%, respectively) say they pay more than their fair share in taxes, but fewer lower-income adults (38%) say the same.

Republicans are more critical of their own tax burden than Democrats. A majority of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (59%) say they pay more than their fair share in taxes, while 35% say they pay about the right amount. Among Democrats and Democratic leaners, a larger share say they pay about the right amount (50%) than say they pay more than their fair share (41%).

Views of personal tax burdens also differ by income tier within each partisan group.

Upper-income Republicans (71%) are far more likely than middle-income (63%) and lower-income Republicans (41%) to say they pay more than their fair share in taxes, considering what they get from the federal government.

The pattern among Democrats is different. Nearly half of middle-income Democrats (46%) say they pay more than their fair share in taxes, but this view is less common among both upper- and lower-income Democrats (37% in each group).

As a result of these differences, partisan gaps are wider among higher-income groups than among lower-income tiers. For example, 71% of upper-income Republicans say they pay more than their fair share in taxes, versus 37% of upper-income Democrats. There is little partisan difference among lower-income Americans.
Note: Here are the questions used for the report, along with responses, and its methodology.

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Top tax frustrations for Americans: The feeling that some corporations, wealthy people don't pay fair share

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President Joe Biden has proposed raising taxes on corporations and wealthy Americans to help pay for a series of new initiatives, ensuring that the issue of taxes will be front and center for Congress in the weeks and months ahead. The public's frustrations with the U.S.

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This article goes on to talk about how the Uber rich billionaires could help out in so many different aspects of the build back better plan, such as "child tax credits, universal pre-K, affordable home care" etc. In order to collect all of this money that is supposed to go to help out the country all we have to do is put a huge tax on the rich. This source was somewhat useful but is not as good as the third source because it does not provide as many solutions to collect money for the country.  The information in this article is reliable and a potential source but it does show a left basis. The basis is shown because the one solutions suggested is to just take money from the rich instead of finding multiple places to get the money. Instead of taking money from just the wealthy we can slightly increase everyone's taxes vs just taking from the rich.

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Opinion | We Need to Tax the Billionaires Right Now

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This moment may not last, so we must act fast to make sure these outrageously wealthy individuals and families pay their fair share.

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As the title of the article states, there are four proposed way on how to make the multi trillion dollars to cover the spending package. Option 1: A minimum corporate tax (suggested to be around 15%). This tax basically means that any business around the country all have to pay a flat tax. It is said that "Some of the biggest corporations in America pay literally nothing in income taxes", meaning that with this new tax law there would be no loopholes for business to get out of paying taxes. Option 2: global minimum tax, this proposal solves the issue that a lot of business collect their money outside of the US (so the businesses can pay a lot less in taxes). Option 3: closing Medicare tax loopholes, basically means that the people that make more money pay less of a percentage than the people that make more.  This proposal will just make everyone pay the same amount (percentage wise). Option 4: tax evasion and bank account monitoring. In this instance people are taking out large sums of money to pay others in cash (under the table) to avoid having to pay taxes on the money.  Overall I think that this article was helpful because it showed different ways to make more money for the country. This article could have been basis because it talked about a few different options to make more money in taxes but typically speaking the right side wants less taxes. So it is possible that some of the ideas are not actually reasonable or possible.

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Congressional lawmakers are still hammering out a deal on President Biden's multitrillion-dollar spending package that would boost funding for infrastructure and clean energy, along with social spending initiatives.

The president said this week he has agreed to cut the mammoth $3.5 trillion price tag, and reports have suggested lawmakers will land somewhere between $1.75 trillion and $1.9 trillion.

But some Democratic legislators, like Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Az., have said they will not agree to a package that includes tax hikes on corporations and high earners.

Here's how the Biden administration has proposed paying for the package:
WHITE HOUSE INSISTS CORPORATE TAX HIKE STILL ON THE TABLE IN SPENDING BILL
Minimum corporate tax

Biden has advocated for enforcing a 15% minimum tax on corporations across the board, a move the administration has argued will ensure top companies do not skirt paying their "fair share."

"Some of the biggest corporations in America pay literally nothing in income taxes," press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters Friday. "Fifty-five of the biggest companies - they pay lower rates than wage-earning families. We can stop that by imposing a 15% minimum tax, a minimum corporate tax to make sure large corporations pay their fair share."

The original $3.5 trillion package included raising the corporate tax rate to 28%, but as the president said in a town hall event Wednesday, "It's all about compromise."

"I'm a capitalist. I hope you can be a millionaire or a billionaire," he added. "But at least pay your fair share. Chip in a little bit."

Global minimum tax

Psaki said the president and lawmakers are looking at a global minimum tax to prevent companies from forgoing tax payments by utilizing offshore accounts.

"The president believes - [and] a number of other members of Congress believe - that we need to stop rewarding companies that offshore profits and American jobs," Psaki told reporters. "That will help to make the United States more competitive and end the race to the bottom."

The push for a global minimum tax rate comes as 136 nations agreed to enforce a 15% tax on corporations to make it harder for multinational corporations to skirt taxation.

Over 90% of the global economy, including the U.S., has agreed to target companies that evade tax liabilities in their country of origin by moving profits to low-tax countries, like the Cayman Islands and Bermuda - a practice that costs the U.S. tens of billions of dollars each year, according to the Treasury Department.
HOW WILL THE GLOBAL MINIMUM TAX RATE WORK?
Closing Medicare tax loopholes

"We can also close loopholes for high-income Americans, including a loophole that allows some taxpayers - like hedge fund managers - to escape a Medicare tax imposed on all high-end income," Psaki outlined Friday.

The press secretary was referring to hedge fund and private equity fund managers not being forced to pay Medicare payroll taxes each year.

The funds use a loophole to "pay a lower federal income tax rate on their compensation than ordinary working Americans," according to the National Women's Law Center.

All income earners in the U.S. are subject to a 1.45 percent payroll tax for Medicare expenses, but capital gains are not subject to the same tax.

Hedge funds and private equity managers are able to reflect profits earned for their services as capital gains by taking the funds as "carried interest."

Capital gains requires a 15% tax on profits, which means the investment schemes avoid paying the full corporate income tax - which, under former President Trump, was lowered from 35% to 21%.

They also avoid paying Medicare tax altogether.
STATE AGS WARN OF CHALLENGE IF BIDEN BANK DATA COLLECTION PASSES
Cracking down on tax evasion with IRS bank account monitoring

Democrats have backed a proposal to require banks to report annually on any transaction that exceeds $10,000.

The move is an attempt to prevent tax evasion and would require financial institutions to hand over customer account information to the Internal Revenue Service.
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"We can crack down on wealthy tax cheats who are taking advantage of every honest taxpayer and invest in enforcement to stop 1% from evading $160 billion in taxes per year, something that Treasury secretaries - Republican and Democrats - have expressed support for and feel this is a strong part of the proposal," Psaki said.

But some conservatives have voiced concern over this proposal, saying it is an invasion of privacy.

On the four proposals in total, Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan of Alaska told Fox News' David Asman Saturday that the revenue will not be enough to pay for the new spending. Biden's claim that the bill will cost "zero" is "false," Sullivan said.
FOX Business' Megan Henney and Fred Lucas contributed to this report.

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Whose taxes are going up? White House considering 4 ways to pay for spending package

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Congressional lawmakers are still hammering out a deal on President Biden's multitrillion-dollar spending package that would boost funding for infrastructure and clean energy, along with social spending initiatives. The president said this week he has agreed to cut the mammoth $3.5 trillion price tag, and reports have suggested lawmakers will land somewhere between $1.75 trillion and $1.9 trillion.

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As we all know every American has to pay takes, some people pay a little some people pay a lot more. there are many different kinds of taxes such as; income tax, property tax, sales tax, and payroll taxes .etc. In these different aspects not everyone pays the same amount, it is normally based off how much a person or company makes. Most of the time if a person or company makes more than they typically pay a higher percentage into taxes.  some people think that everyone should pay the same percentage while others think we should keep it the way is. there is no wrong or right answer, but there is a balance in the middle of where the tax line should fall.

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If people continue to remain indifferent to this topic it will directly impact their day to day life. As it sits right now there is a chance that anyone's income tax could go up to afford other spending plans for the country. Plus there is a high possibility that sales tax and corporate tax go way up. in other words if people choose to avoid this topic then they will only be hurting themselves. people should advocate for taxes to be more fair and reprehensive of what they want their money to go towards. one factor that decides a big part of how much money goes to taxes is when presidential election. typically republicans advocate for less taxes but also less money to important things like Medicare and other ways to help the country. where as democrats usually want more taxes to pay for different important causes. So the way you vote is one of the main ways to not being indifferent to the situation.  For Tax fairness i like the idea that is suggested in article 3, to collet taxes from business that run their money outside of the us in order escape taxes. this solution is easy to enforce and will bring in a lot of money with little implications to Americans.

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here are three reasons that you should not be indifferent to the fairness of taxes
reason one-  is it could have a big impact on your financial life
as stated in the first article most people are not satisfied with the amount of taxes that they end up paying. one of the solutions or ways that you can advocate for different levels of taxing based on tax brackets is who or what party you vote for. in most scenerios the republican party trys to lower taxes for all brackets while the democratic party raises taxes for the high end earners and buisnesses (also demonstrated bu the second article.)
reason two- businesses are either skirting taxes or being force to pay too much
as i said eralyer some major buisnesses are mainly working and manufactioring out of america but have their quote on quote headquarters out side of the us inorder to escape major taxes. on the flip side the businesses are also taxed too much and could be much more sucessfull if they werent so heavely taxed. for example if a company had more money to work with because of less taxes then it would open up a lot of spots for posible new jobs for the company to grow. either way this is important to you spesficialy because all of the lost money from loophole buisnesses could have gone towards something of your intrest like a park or new roads. or if the buisnesses had lower txes that could open up a new position for you wo work creating more and more jobs.
reason three- the money from taxes directly effects your future wellbeing
a lot of the tax money that is received from the people and buisnesses areounf the country go towards thisngs like medicare and medicade . so if taxes are then lowered then that means you will have less money waiting for you in your old age. but on the oposing side if taxes go up then more money is put away for your own future. on the other side if you get sick and there are less taxes then it could be a much bigger hospital bill. another way that our future is grately affected is because if the amount spent in taxes is higher then it will take longer to reach the amount needed for retirement.
all of this relates back to fairness of taxes because each person is directly effected by how much they pay in taxes. weather you look at if from the businesses aspect or the individuals perspective the money that goes towards taxes had a huge affect on every person from day to day up until retirement.