He has explicitly said he does not favor new taxes on the middle class.

I favor lower taxes across the board, a stronger national defense and less Washington bureaucracy and red tape.

Both men are Democrats and both favor higher taxes to solve the state's problems.

Only 2 percent said they favored extra taxes on gasoline or other fossil fuels.

Many employers who provide health benefits for workers favor special taxes on businesses that do not do so.

The young tend to favor low taxes, but they favor government programs more than their elders do.

Yet all favored low taxes and opposed the redistribution of income by the Government.

Some lawmakers favor higher taxes; others do not.

And Democrats now controlling Congress have said they favor higher taxes on oil companies to pay for research in alternative energy.

Mr. Clinton has said he favors higher taxes on cigarettes as a source of revenue.