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The entire decline came among those deeming the tax system completely unfair.<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/pubs\/434\/trends-in-political-values-and-core-attitudes-1987-2007\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/databank\/dailynumber\/?NumberID=299\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/assets\/misc\/irsicon.gif\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:5px;margin-bottom:5px;border:0px\" alt=\"IRS\" \/><\/a>Nearly half (48%) of Americans, many of whom will be struggling to meet today&#8217;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 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