Americans favor a tax increase to support the 'moonshot' cancer initiative

(Research!America) Vice President Joe Biden's 'moonshot' initiative to defeat cancer earns support for a tax increase to fund cancer research among half of respondents (50 percent) in a new national public opinion survey commissioned by Research!America. Thirty-eight percent disagree and an additional 12 percent are not sure. A significant majority of Democrats (67 percent), and more than a third of Republicans (38 percent) and Independents (39 percent) support a tax increase, and support is par...