Taxation and Resentment: Race, Party, and Class in American Tax Attitudes

by Andrea Louise Campbell

Why Americans favor progressive taxation in principle but not in practice

Most Americans support progressive taxation in principle, and want the rich to pay more. But the specific tax policies that most favor are more regressive than progressive. What is behind such a disconnect? In this book, Andrea Louise Campbell examines public opinion on taxation, exploring why what Americans favor in principle differs from what they accept in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691137862
• ISBN13: 9780691137865
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 312 Pages