| 31. | It is a regressive tax that provides an unreliable revenue stream, creates social problems and preys on the poor.
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| 32. | New Jersey taxpayers, like taxpayers in general, do not seem to be more accepting of progressive than regressive taxes.
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| 33. | MEANS-COLUMN ( Washington ) _ The president sold his regressive tax cuts by claiming " it's your money ."
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| 34. | Then, by taxing the first dollar earned it hits lower income workers hardest, thus making it a highly regressive tax.
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| 35. | Under Ron Paul's theory, this diminution has the biggest impact on low income individuals since it is a regressive tax.
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| 36. | But Sadler said it may be difficult to raise the sales tax, because it is a " very regressive tax ."
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| 37. | API has been a critic of proposals for an Alabama state lottery, labeling such proposals a regressive tax on the poor.
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| 38. | Here in Texas, can we be satisfied when this state has one of the most regressive tax systems in the nation?
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| 39. | It is a regressive tax, such that the lower the income is, the higher the percentage of income applicable to the tax.
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| 40. | This happens to be a great idea because the Social Security tax is the most regressive tax ever devised by any government.
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