SCE PUBLIC POLICY SURVEY
April Survey: Consumers Perceive Increased Likelihood of Some Federal Benefit Expansions, Rise in Expectations of Increase in Average Income Tax Rate
- Average expectations of expansions increased for housing assistance, free/subsidized public preschool education, federal student aid, federal welfare benefits, mandatory paid parental leave, and public transportation.
- The April survey showed increases in the shares of respondents expecting no change in Medicare benefits, federal student loan debt forgiveness, Social Security retirement benefits, or in the federal and state minimum wage.
- The average perceived likelihoods of increases in the gasoline tax and in the average income tax rate increased in April.
- The share of respondents expecting no change in the capital gains tax, the income tax rate for the highest bracket, mortgage interest tax deduction or the payroll tax rate all rose in April.
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The SCE Public Policy Survey is fielded every four months as a rotating module of the Survey of Consumer Expectations (SCE). The data are updated online as results come in.
