Biden has also proposed raising the capital gains and dividend tax rates for those who earn more than $1 million per year. The Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll survey shows a majority of Americans 60 percent opposed to raising the capital gains tax.
“Nothing is more divisive or less understood than the administration s plan to spend $4 trillion in new spending and increase taxes,” Mark Penn
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“While the public is willing to increase health, welfare and infrastructure spending and tax the wealthy, they also want a balanced budget and oppose the capital gains tax plan. They also reject the size of the plan and believe taxes on the rich will spillover to them.”
Fifty-nine percent of voters say they approve of President Biden
Thirty-three percent of respondents said they “strongly approved” of the president’s job in office so far, while 26 percent said they “somewhat approve.”
Thirty-eight percent said they disapproved of Biden’s job in office, with 29 percent saying they “strongly disapproved” and 9 percent saying they “somewhat disapproved.”
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The poll comes nearly a week after Biden hit his 100-day mark in office. The president delivered his first joint address to Congress last week, proposing major progressive measures, including roughly $4 trillion more in spending on traditional infrastructure such as roads and bridges and social infrastructure such as better child care, paid leave and cheaper college.
Forty-six percent of respondents said they had a favorable opinion of the former president, according to the poll, while 48 percent said they had an unfavorable view of him.
The same poll showed Trump’s political rival, President Biden
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The former president has remained active since leaving office in January, hosting GOP officials at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., endorsing Republican candidates and criticizing a number of moves and policy proposals made by Biden and his administration.
On Monday, Trump released a statement reiterating his past unfounded claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election. The Fraudulent Presidential Election of 2020 will be, from this day forth, known as THE BIG LIE! Trump said in the statement.