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Public Opinion On Taxes And Government Spending
Author(s) -
Zagõrski Krzysztof
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1988.tb00852.x
Subject(s) - government spending , government (linguistics) , public spending , social welfare , public economics , project commissioning , publishing , welfare , public opinion , economics , public administration , business , economic growth , political science , law , politics , linguistics , philosophy , market economy
This article analyses egalitarian attitudes as well as opinions concerning taxation and government spending. Australians would prefer to have their taxes reduced than to increase government spending on social services, if faced with such an alternative. Typical welfare programs have a low priority, but the public would like to see increased spending on education and science, health services, roads improvements, military defence, and fighting against drug addiction. An individual's opinions about government spending are influenced by his or her socio‐economic characteristics, with unemployed people and urban dwellers being more supportive of government spending on social programs.