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		newfriend on Sept 17, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FTC to crack down on companies taking advantage of... Polls are easy to manipulate and not a good indicator of what people actually want. > Do you support universal healthcare? > Do you support raising your taxes by $X per year? > Do you support universal healthcare if it means raising your taxes by $X per year? Which question do you think they asked?

staticman2 on Sept 17, 2022 [–]

"Do you support raising your taxes by $X per year?"

This would be a biased question to ask, since the economic effect on a U.S. citizen couldn't be measured by the tax rate alone.

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