| 11. | "The sales tax is one of the most regressive taxes there is, " he said.
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| 12. | The group was told that despite Social Security's regressive tax, the system favors the poor.
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| 13. | This is a large, terribly regressive tax on a service sold by a state monopoly,
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| 14. | "It's the most regressive tax that's ever been established.
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| 15. | This is what tax mavens call regressive taxes.
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| 16. | Therefore, high earners pay a lower percentage of their total income, resulting in a regressive tax.
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| 17. | The group has characterized the soda tax as a regressive tax, which would unfairly burden the poor
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| 18. | "Excise taxes are a regressive tax that result in lower demand for our tobacco, " he stated.
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| 19. | He therefore recommends that pollution taxes be linked to cuts in regressive taxes such as social security taxes.
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| 20. | Some of those costs represent a " regressive tax on business, " says PwC study director Tom Hoehn.
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