How would you describe your personal financial situation?
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Very secure:
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19%
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Relatively secure:
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64%
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Shaky:
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17%
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How would you rate the personal financial situation of most of the people you know?
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Better off than I am:
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18%
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Worse off than I am:
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28%
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About the same as I am:
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53%
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Have you filed your income taxes this year?
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Yes:
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66%
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Not yet:
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33%
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Not yet, and I won't:
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1%
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Who usually prepares your tax return?
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I do:
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39%
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My partner or spouse does:
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11%
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My mommy, daddy, or other relative does:
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3%
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My accountant does:
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46%
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Taxes! Are they due again?!:
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1%
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I don't file taxes:
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0%
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Do you expect to get a tax refund this year?
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Yes:
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63%
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No:
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37%
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What will you most likely be able to afford with your tax refund this year?
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A meal at a fast food restaurant:
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4%
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A tank of gas for my car:
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12%
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A vacation for me or my family:
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22%
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A couple months rent or mortgage payments:
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24%
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Nothing, I will owe more taxes:
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38%
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Do you consider the amount of taxes you will pay this year as fair?
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Yes:
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50%
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No:
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50%
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Which of the following taxes do you think is the worst, least fair tax you pay?
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Federal income tax:
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31%
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State income tax:
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6%
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City earnings tax:
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23%
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State sales tax:
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11%
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Local property tax:
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29%
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How much do you usually cheat on your federal tax returns?
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A lot:
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1%
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A little:
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11%
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Not at all:
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88%
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What is the way you most often cheat on your federal taxes?
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I understate my income:
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0%
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I overstate my deductions:
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6%
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I do both those things:
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5%
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I just don't file them:
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0%
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I don't cheat:
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88%
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Where do you keep your tax records during the year?
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In a special drawer:
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53%
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In a special box or bag:
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30%
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All over the place:
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14%
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I don't keep tax records:
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3%
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How much of the taxes you pay are spent on government programs with which you completely agree?
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All of them:
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1%
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Most of them:
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15%
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Some of them:
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80%
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None of them:
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5%
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Do you think that people with higher incomes should pay a larger percentage of their incomes as taxes than people with smaller incomes?
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Yes:
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65%
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No:
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35%
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Should some people be excused from paying taxes on their incomes?
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Yes:
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54%
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No:
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46%
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Which local government should get the sales taxes on Internet purchases?
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The government in whose jurisdiction the item ships:
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7%
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The government in whose jurisdiction the Internet store is located:
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11%
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The government in whose jurisdiction the purchaser resides:
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30%
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Internet purchases should not be taxed:
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52%
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Do you try to shop in places according to the sales tax rates of the location?
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Yes:
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18%
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No:
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78%
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I have no idea what you are talking about:
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4%
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Which of the following "sin" taxes would you be least inclined to support?
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Higher taxes on SUVs and other large gas-powered vehicles:
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19%
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Higher taxes on cigarettes:
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12%
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Higher taxes on liquor:
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26%
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Higher taxes on gambling winnings:
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4%
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Higher taxes on fur:
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5%
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Higher taxes on junk food:
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34%
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Do you know anyone who owes more than $2 million in taxes who you could turn in for a 10% reward from the Internal Revenue Service?
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Yes, and I might turn them in for the reward:
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2%
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Yes, but I would never turn them in for the reward:
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2%
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No, but I would turn them in the for the reward if I did:
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49%
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No, but I wouldn't turn them in for the reward if I did:
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47%
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BONUS QUESTION: Which of the following movies about taxes would most likely be on your Netflix list?
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The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938):
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30%
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Untouchables (1987):
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35%
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A Taxing Woman (1988):
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5%
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Death & Taxes (1993):
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5%
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Mars Attacks (1996):
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19%
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The Taxman (1998):
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6%
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