Sentence examples for as regressive from inspiring English sources

Despite Tarantino's virtuous intentions and sympathies, his crude and childish view of revenge renders them as regressive as Griffith's own.

This means a soda tax may not be quite as regressive as it sounds, because poor people would end up buying less soda than they now do.

With a rhythmic sing-song chanting reminiscent of everything from the Dixie Cups' classic "Iko Iko" to Nelly's fantastic "E.I.," it is as regressive as skipping rope.

His "America First" economic plan, for instance, is as regressive as they come, setting out to slash taxes for the wealthy, bring those on corporations down from 35 to 15%, and repeal the estate tax on couples with more than $10.5m to pass to their next of kin.

Each community that has achieved success was as regressive as those that continue killing.

Therefore, as regressive as the TPC results are, the actual plan would clearly be worse.  .

The tax exclusion for health benefits is not as regressive as most analysts claim, and repealing it is very regressive, at least for workers whose employers don't slash benefits to get their plans under the cap.

The changes taking place may be described as regressive development.

By and large, such taxes are regarded as regressive since they leave savings income untaxed.

This week's "Gossip Girl" wasn't quite as infuriatingly regressive as episode 602, but it's becoming increasingly difficult to feel much empathy for any of the characters when they're all such manipulative, selfish wastes of oxygen.

Ironically, the Labour leadership, with its reliance on trade union bosses, its fudged economic strategy and commitment to nationalised industries was just as narrow and regressive as the Tories.