POL SCI 40 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Bush Tax Cuts
24 Dec 2016
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Politically active differs from politically inactive in preferences or characteristics. Decline of citizen involvement in elections and in gov has yielded a politically engaged class that is not only growing smaller and smaller but also less and less representative of the us policy. Very rich differs from others in: preferences regarding tax policy, level of knowledge. Knowledge of tax code sharply skewed by income. Even though it also seems to conflict with their interests trade-off between tax cuts and governing priorities. Bush"s ta(cid:454) (cid:272)uts dist(cid:396)i(cid:271)uted a(cid:272)(cid:272)o(cid:396)di(cid:374)g to (cid:272)u(cid:396)(cid:396)e(cid:374)t i(cid:374)(cid:272)o(cid:373)e-tax liabilities. High-income voters received the most benefits therefore. Americans do not think the economy or their own pocketbooks have benefited much from tax cuts. May even have hurt the economy two important dimensions of tax cuts to consider size. Distribution tax cuts, although differing from public opinion, happened because. (cid:271)e(cid:374)efits to politi(cid:272)ia(cid:374)s of depa(cid:396)ti(cid:374)g f(cid:396)o(cid:373) (cid:448)ote(cid:396)s" p(cid:396)efe(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:272)es ha(cid:448)e i(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:396)eased costs of such departures have decreased politicians care about their.
