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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JakeStraw who wrote (391827)	4/14/2003 12:27:44 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

You have no response. Here is the article: 61% SAY NO TO WARTIME TAX CUT April 14, 2003 -- WASHINGTON - Six in 10 Americans say they are against more tax cuts in wartime when the country already faces huge budget deficits, according to an Associated Press poll. Still, half of all Americans say their taxes are too high. The poll, taken in the days before tomorrow's tax deadline, found that 61 percent say it would be better to hold off on additional tax cuts right now to avoid making budget deficits worse and ensure there is adequate money to pay for the war. Half that many, 31 percent, said they think it is more important to pass more tax cuts to give people more money to spend and to stimulate the economy, said the poll conducted for the AP by ICR/International Communications Research of Media, Pa. A majority of those who think taxes are too high and a majority of Republicans said they preferred holding off on additional tax cuts right now. This session in Congress, lawmakers are debating a possible tax cut, which could be around $350 billion, though lawmakers are still debating the appropriate size of a tax cut. Supporters of a larger tax cut say it would be a boon to the economy, and opponents of the measure say it would worsen federal deficits expected to approach $400 billion this year. The poll of 1,017 adults suggested the public has an outsized concern about the possibility that their own tax returns will be audited by the Internal Revenue Service. It was taken April 2-6 and has an error margin of plus or minus 3 percentage points. One in five in the poll said they thought the chance of having their taxes audited was at least "somewhat likely," though few of those people put the chance of an audit at "very likely." The likelihood of anyone getting audited by the IRS last year was very low - with only one of 174 tax returns audited in fiscal 2002. In fiscal 1996, one in 60 - or 1.67 percent - of tax returns was audited. About three-fourths of those polled said they do not think an audit of their taxes is likely. The chance of an audit is something Dawn Penn, a clerk from Tucson, Ariz., said she does not worry about because she's "single with no dependents." But the 52-year-old Democrat would like to see more tax cuts simply because she needs more money. "There are so many people that are working poor," Penn said. "I make too much money to qualify for subsidy or benefits or help, but I can barely make ends meet." nypost.com AP