Opinion Today
February 18, 2023
Some GOP Lawmakers Want to Overhaul the Tax System. Voters Are Mostly Against Their Plan Amanda Jacobson Snyder, Morning Consult The FairTax Act’s provision to scrap the U.S. progressive tax system is opposed by a slim majority of voters, while the electorate is more divided on the measure to eliminate the IRS. Flu Vaccination Rate Holds Steady But Misinformation About Flu and Covid Persists Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania Although the public had been alerted that this winter could be a potentially bad flu season, barely half of Americans said in January that they had received a flu shot, a vaccination level unchanged in a representative national panel from the comparable period last year. The survey finds that many have a base of knowledge about the flu but there is a reservoir of uncertainty about other consequential information about the flu, Covid-19, and vaccination. What countries do Western Europeans and Americans consider to be similar to their own?
