Sentence examples for are almost regressive from inspiring English sources

Categories are almost regressive.

She's so open about her desire to get married and start a family that it's almost regressive.

Problem is, we're almost completely oblivious to the regressive aspects of our tax system.

Some Republican proposals are so regressive they're almost comical, like the plan to repeal the estate tax, which only affects fortunes of more than $5 million and which White House adviser Gary Cohn reportedly said only "morons" pay.

It's almost as absurd as the enduring (and disturbingly regressive) wage gap between men and women.

Almost all of the candidates' tax plans are extremely regressive: they would benefit the well-off more than everybody else.

Consumption taxes are usually regressive, hurting middle class and poorer people the most, and almost three decades later there remains a belief that espousing such a measure cost the former House Ways and Means Committee chairman, Al Ullman, now deceased, his supposedly safe seat in 1980.

A VAT rise, which is highly regressive, looks almost inevitable, and the Chancellor refused to rule it out.

These are highly regressive.

The combined FICA taxes are highly regressive.

Property taxes are a regressive tax.