Forget All You Know and Embrace Higher Taxes

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : 54% of U.S. adults favor increased government intervention."
58% : Beyond that, tax is also one of the most visible representations of the role of government in our lives.
49% : At its best, tax policy can motivate businesses to hire people who would otherwise have a hard time finding work, including veterans and people with disabilities; encourage them to invest in communities that have been overlooked and left out; bring jobs home from overseas; promote clean energy to address our growing climate crisis; and help small business owners get started and succeed.
43% : As the CEO of Omidyar Network, a social change venture that seeks to shape a new, inclusive economy where markets serve the interests of all people and society, I understand tax is a complicated and often emotional issue -- one that typically lacks irony.
42% : Rather, our tax code now has enshrined a range of loopholes and exemptions that not only allow, but encourage, corporations to avoid or evade taxes.

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