> Koushik Sekhar wrote:
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> Can anyone explain why ordinary Americans are not objecting to tax
> cuts (such as dividend tax cuts) that will only favour the top
> percentiles of the wealthy ?
Among other things, this assumes that people's views on tax policy are
driven by self-interest. Most of the empirical evidence finds that this
is false. For a good summary, see Sears and Funk's chapter in Jane
Mansbridge, ed., *Beyond Self-Interest*.
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