Poll: Americans Want Wealthiest to Pay More in Taxes

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A new poll just released by Americans for Tax Fairness found that 65 percent of voters across the country want the top 2 percent of households to pay more in taxes. And 82 percent said that revenue raised from closing corporate tax loopholes should be used to fund public investment rather than deficit reduction. See the full poll results here.

Also see NPP's interactive visualization, The Big Money in Tax Breaks, and our full report on tax breaks.