Question

As part of the Omaha Platform, the People’s Party demanded that

a. people who made more money pay a lower percentage in taxes.
b. companies and corporations should not have to pay any taxes at all.
c. a graduated income tax system be implemented to benefit the wealthy.
d. people who made more money pay a higher percentage in taxes.

Answer 1

The correct answer is D) People who made more money pay a higher percentage in taxes.

The Omaha Platform sets out the basics tenets of the Populist Movement that happened in 1892. The Populist Party was a left-wing party had as main platform graduated income tax - making people who earned more pay more and who earned less, pay less - secret ballot and, eight-hour day for workers.