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[Jim Choate <ravage@ssz.com>]

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   Should there be a flat tax?
   
   
   Results of new poll show Americans favor a flat tax, with some changes
   
   
   
   December 22, 1997: 3:36 p.m. ET
   
   
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   The Gallup Organization
   
   USA Today
   More related sites... NEW YORK (CNNfn) - According to a CNN/USA
   Today/Gallup poll, Americans now favor, by a thin margin, a flat tax
   system in which all Americans would pay the same percentage of their
   income in taxes -- regardless of how much money they make.
   [INLINE] But the public opposes two central features of flat tax
   proposals: the elimination of deductions for mortgage interest and for
   charitable contributions.
   [INLINE] Only one third of the country would favor replacing the
   current income tax system with a national sales tax which would apply
   to all retail purchases. The public believes that most Americans pay
   their fair share in taxes.
   [INLINE] The poll interviewed 1,019 adult Americans on November 21-23.
   [INLINE] The results are as follows:
   [INLINE] Flat Tax System
   [INLINE] Favor, 51 percent
   [INLINE] Oppose, 46 percent
   [INLINE] Flat Tax System With No Mortgage Deduction
   [INLINE] Favor, 42 percent
   [INLINE] Oppose, 54 percent
   [INLINE] Flat Tax System With No Charitable Deduction
   [INLINE] Favor, 43 percent
   [INLINE] Oppose, 53 percent
   [INLINE] Replacing Income Tax With National Sales Tax
   [INLINE] Favor, 32 percent
   [INLINE] Oppose, 62 percent
   [INLINE] Do Most Americans Pay Their Fair Share in Taxes?
   [INLINE] Yes, 54 percent
   [INLINE] No, 43 percent
   [INLINE] Sampling error on all of the above questions: +/-3 percentage
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