From The Hill:
Voters in swing states are overwhelmingly supportive of taxing billionaires to support Social Security benefits, a new survey found.
More than three-fourths — 77 percent — of voters across seven key swing states approved of the idea of raising taxes for billionaires to extend the life of Social Security, according to the Bloomberg News/Morning Consult survey published Wednesday.
Of those surveyed, 57 percent strongly supported raising taxes on billionaires and 20 percent somewhat supported the idea. Just 15 percent of respondents opposed the idea, and 7 percent said they didn’t know.
The survey was conducted among registered voters in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Additionally, 56 percent of voters supported the idea of collecting a social security tax on wages beyond the first $168,600 per year, meaning anyone who made more than that would pay higher taxes, as well. ...