Tag: tax talk
No government can exist without monetary support from its populace, and no democratic nation can thrive without the moral support of its citizenry.
As U.S. presidential election campaigns heat up, candidates can expect an earful of complaints over taxes. Now a new study led by a Northern Illinois University sociologist argues that American middle-class hostilities toward the federal income tax follow a common discourse rooted in moral beliefs. “We propose that everyday tax talk among the middle class...
