The Tax Foundation surveyed attitudes towards individual taxes as well. The areas of taxation that garnered the most disapproval from respondents was the gasoline taxes and the death tax - despite the fact that gasoline taxes amount to much less than federal income taxes (which respondents were less opposed to) and the fact that death tax only affects a small percentage of high-earning Americans.
The controversial taxes on unhealthy foods, or "fat tax," were opposed by 58 percent of respondents, and viewed as acceptable by 36 percent. Twenty-three percent of respondents favored a tax on salt.
J. Justin Wilson, a senior research analyst at the Center for Consumer Freedom, says that's just evidence of the way Americans feel about the government intervening on
"For the same reason Congressional Democrats chose not to use the tax system as a punitive measure of reigning in AIG bonuses, the same holds true for using the tax system to change American lifestyles," he said.
Apparently, most American's just won't stand for it.