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7 <br /> � Page 38 <br /> Attitudes toward a utility users tax <br /> Not sure <br /> 6% <br /> �� �r� <br /> Bad idea <br /> 33% <br /> Good idea <br /> 61% <br /> By nearly a two-to-one margin, respondents thought the tax is a good idea. The 61 percent <br /> who thought it was a good idea were most likely to include those who supported keeping the <br /> tax at five percent, those who supported broadening the telephone tax, broadening the tax and <br /> cutting the rate and those who have lived in Redwood Ciry for five years or less. Those who <br /> thought that the tax is a bad idea were most likely to include those who thought five percent <br /> was too high, those who would prefer to let the tax on phone calls expire and cut $2 million <br /> from the budget rather than revise the law, African-Americans and those who would support <br /> a measure that broadened the coverage of the telephone tax if the rate were cut to four <br /> percent. <br /> Attitudes toward five percent tax rate <br /> Not sure Too low <br /> 5°l0 7% <br /> Too high <br /> 32% <br /> About right <br /> 56% <br /> When asked if they thought the five percent tax rate was too low, too high or about right, a <br /> majority said it was about right. A third thought it was too high and they outnumbered those <br /> who thought the tax was too low by more than a four-to-one margin. <br /> Six-to-l0-year residents, those aged 45-to-54, those who think applying the tax to all phone <br /> calls regardless of the technology and Latinos were most likely to think the five percent rate <br /> is too low. Those who thought it is too high were most likely to include those who would <br /> prefer to let the phone tax expire rather than revise the law, those who think the tax is a bad <br /> -4- <br />