---
"title": "Unhappy Tax Day"
"description": "Nearly half (48%) of Americans, many of whom will be struggling to meet today's deadline for filing with the IRS,  say they think the tax system is either completely (19%) or mostly (29%) unfair to people like them, slightly fewer than said so in 2002."
"date": "2008-04-04"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Pew Research Center"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/short-reads/2008/04/04/unhappy-tax-day/"
---

# Unhappy Tax Day

Nearly half (48%) of Americans, many of whom will be struggling to meet today’s deadline for filing with the IRS,say they think the tax system is either completely (19%) or mostly (29%) unfair to people like them — slightly fewer than the 53% who said so in 2002. The entire decline came among those deeming the tax system completely unfair.[Read More](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/pubs/434/trends-in-political-values-and-core-attitudes-1987-2007)