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Taxing Economics Survey
 
 

 

Understanding Taxes, Economics, Government's Role & Our Roles
1. I work for a business and receive a paycheck for my work. Agree
Disagree
I don't work

2. If I lose my current job (or have lost my job) I will no longer receive a paycheck until I find a new job. Agree
Disagree
I never thought about it

3. My receiving a paycheck depends upon my employer's business doing well enough to continue to employ me. Agree
Disagree
I never thought about it

4. If my employer loses customers, its expenses grow relatively larger and I could get laid off. Agree
Disagree
I don't want to think about it

5. In a slow economy, if my employer's taxes were reduced it would make up for lost customers and it would have money to pay workers. Agree
Disagree
I never thought about it

6. If my employer's taxes were reduced, it would have more money to pay workers. Agree
Disagree
I never thought about it

7. If my employer's taxes were reduced, it would have more money to hire new workers to help expand business. Agree
Disagree
I never thought about it

8. If my employer's taxes were reduced, it would have more money to buy new equipment (computers, office furniture and space, etc.), advertising, make better, more appealing products, etc. Agree
Disagree
I never thought about it

9. I see that in a slow economy my employer's taxes should be reduced to promote the overall economy. Agree
Disagree
I don't get it yet

10. Who would be foolish enough to expect even the U. S. to run a budget surplus while fighting a major war such as the War Against Terrorism? The under-educated
Rabid liberals
Those who do not understand economics
No one

11. Do you think today's deflation and the ongoing deflation expected over the next years is a result of:

     Please select all that apply.

The macro economy's cyclical correction of the inflationary phase that started in 1971
The current recession
The War Against Terrorism
Other causes:
What deflation?

12. Excerpted March 20, from Bloomberg News by Michael Lewis:

"The Harvard Business Review has never pretended to be anything other than what it is -- a mechanism for making business sound really, really complicated, and for making business people feel as if they are deep thinkers.  And in any case, so many business journalists have figuratively crawled into bed with Jack Welch for so many years it seems less a shock than a satire that one intrepid woman did it literally.

Anyway, I find it hard to become worked up by the journalistic-ethics angle of the story.  What's interesting to me is how thoroughly Jack Welch has been trussed up by his wife."

Agree on some counts
Agree on all counts

13. I am: Female
Male

14. My age group is: Under 20
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60-69
70 & older

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