'No Idea' was the actual runaway winner, receiving 34 percent of the vote. But for those picking a candidate, most said they were "Feeling the Bern" when it came to a tax plan they can support. (Image: WalletHub)
Undermining the flawed trope that "everyone hates the tax man," for those who have opinions on the competing tax plans put forth by this year's presidential candidates, Bernie Sanders' proposal is the hands-down favorite.
Beating out all other contenders from both major parties by double-digit margins, according to a new survey WalletHub/Survey Monkey published Monday, Sanders' plan was supported by 23 percent of respondents. In comparison, only 13 percent liked the plan of Hillary Clinton best, giving her a slight edge over the 12 percent who chose Donald Trump's plan. Taking the fourth and fifth spots respectively, Sen. Ted Cruz nabbed 8 percent support while Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio) got 5 percent.
According to recent analysis (pdf) by the Tax Policy Center, a joint project of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution, an implemented Sanders' tax plan would generate more than $15 trillion in revenue over its first ten years.
Len Burman, director of the Tax Policy Center, toldBloomberg News that not only is the Sanders plan the most ambitious among the 2016 candidates, it is also the most detailed. Compared to Clinton's more "incremental" approach to taxation and social change, said Burman, "Bernie Sanders clearly wants to change things radically. There's a very, very clear choice."
And, at least according to Monday's poll, it's a choice many are willing to make.
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Undermining the flawed trope that "everyone hates the tax man," for those who have opinions on the competing tax plans put forth by this year's presidential candidates, Bernie Sanders' proposal is the hands-down favorite.
Beating out all other contenders from both major parties by double-digit margins, according to a new survey WalletHub/Survey Monkey published Monday, Sanders' plan was supported by 23 percent of respondents. In comparison, only 13 percent liked the plan of Hillary Clinton best, giving her a slight edge over the 12 percent who chose Donald Trump's plan. Taking the fourth and fifth spots respectively, Sen. Ted Cruz nabbed 8 percent support while Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio) got 5 percent.
According to recent analysis (pdf) by the Tax Policy Center, a joint project of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution, an implemented Sanders' tax plan would generate more than $15 trillion in revenue over its first ten years.
Len Burman, director of the Tax Policy Center, toldBloomberg News that not only is the Sanders plan the most ambitious among the 2016 candidates, it is also the most detailed. Compared to Clinton's more "incremental" approach to taxation and social change, said Burman, "Bernie Sanders clearly wants to change things radically. There's a very, very clear choice."
And, at least according to Monday's poll, it's a choice many are willing to make.
Undermining the flawed trope that "everyone hates the tax man," for those who have opinions on the competing tax plans put forth by this year's presidential candidates, Bernie Sanders' proposal is the hands-down favorite.
Beating out all other contenders from both major parties by double-digit margins, according to a new survey WalletHub/Survey Monkey published Monday, Sanders' plan was supported by 23 percent of respondents. In comparison, only 13 percent liked the plan of Hillary Clinton best, giving her a slight edge over the 12 percent who chose Donald Trump's plan. Taking the fourth and fifth spots respectively, Sen. Ted Cruz nabbed 8 percent support while Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio) got 5 percent.
According to recent analysis (pdf) by the Tax Policy Center, a joint project of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution, an implemented Sanders' tax plan would generate more than $15 trillion in revenue over its first ten years.
Len Burman, director of the Tax Policy Center, toldBloomberg News that not only is the Sanders plan the most ambitious among the 2016 candidates, it is also the most detailed. Compared to Clinton's more "incremental" approach to taxation and social change, said Burman, "Bernie Sanders clearly wants to change things radically. There's a very, very clear choice."
And, at least according to Monday's poll, it's a choice many are willing to make.