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Only 20% of Brazilians are against taxing big fortunes<\/a>, according to the study \u201cThe working classes\u201d, produced by the Center for the Analysis of Brazilian Society (CASB, in Portuguese), whose preliminary data were recently released to the press. The full report will be published on Friday (9).<\/p>\n The study found that 53% support the taxation, 20% are against it, 16% of the interviewees neither agree nor disagree, and 12% don\u2019t have an opinion on the matter or didn\u2019t answer the question. Among Bolsonaro supporters, who is against the taxation, 40% agree with the measure, 20% neither agree nor disagree, 33% disagree, and 9% don\u2019t know what to think about it or didn\u2019t answer the question.<\/p>\n Another topic also presented to the 4,017 workers aged 18-55 interviewed for the study was agrarian reform. Data shows that 40% of Brazilians agree with it, 20% neither agree nor disagree, 27% disagree, and 13% didn\u2019t answer the question.<\/p>\n Despite Brazil\u2019s Constitution determining the taxation of the super-rich according to a complementary law, after 36 years the measure is still to be implemented. Since 2008, there has been a bill in the National Congress<\/a> to create a law to tax big fortunes. The text has been waiting to be analyzed by the plenary since 2012.<\/p>\n Other similar bills were presented, but all were joined by the first proposal. The 2008 bill, authored by then federal deputy Luciana Genro (Socialism and Freedom Party), determines that individuals with a fortune of more than BRL 2 million (around US$ 355,000) should be taxed.<\/p>\n