Americans Like Taxes | Scholars Strategy Network

Brookings Institution

Vanessa Williamson dispels the misconception that Americans hate taxes. In fact, most Americans support taxes and are willing to increase them for services they care about. She outlines how, despite this, anti-tax policies became so popular.

For more on this topic

Read her recent article on taxes and the election, Clinton v. Sanders: New Democrats or the New Deal?.
See her opinion piece on Trump’s tax plan, Trump's 'Populist' Tax Plan is Nothing but a Bush-Era Giveaway to the Rich.