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regressive tax
- A tax that takes a higher percentage of low incomes than high ones. Sales taxes, especially on food, clothing, medicine, and other basic necessities are widely cited as examples of regressive taxes. ( Compare progressive tax .)
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Thus, if “successful,” Trump would be imposing the largest, most regressive tax increase in history.
They're going to have a regressive tax structure or, at the very least, a non-progressive tax structure.
With the thousands of citations issued each year, however, Rice said he feels the $100 fine is similar to a “regressive tax on their user base.”
“Tariffs are a direct, regressive tax on Americans and this tax increase will hit every family,” Polis said on X, the social media site.
As far as economics is concerned, he has made cutting inflation, which stands at 287% annually, his clear priority, arguing that "the most regressive tax that most afflicts people is inflation".
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