More are upset by illegitimate government benefits than by unpaid taxes

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Section 3: Values About Economic Inequality and Individual Opportunity

More are upset by illegitimate government benefits than by unpaid taxes

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Section 3: Values About Economic Inequality and Individual Opportunity
It’s really true that the rich get richer while the poor get poorer
Most see wider gaps in living standards
Broad agreement that economic gaps have grown
Most say poor and rich have same more values as others
Little change in views of values gap between poor, middle class
Rich are widely admired… if they work hard
More Democrats say rich get richer, poor get poorer
Views of whether “rich get richer” by income
Opinion gaps in opinions about why people are poor
Republicans are more likely to admire people who are rich
I admire people who get rich by working hard
Success is pretty much determined by forces outside out control
Hard work offers little guarantee of success
Little change in views of whether most poor people work
I don’t believe there are any real limits to growth in this country
Financial satisfaction rebounds among affluent, falls among poor
Partisan agreement that American people can solve their problems
Republicans react more negatively than Democrats to some questionable behaviors
Racial differences in concerns over some behaviors, no class differences among whites

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