Sentence examples for regressive I from inspiring English sources
The tax can be regressive (i.e., the percentage of income paid in tax rises as income falls), but most countries have at least partly avoided this effect by applying a lower rate to necessities than to luxury items.
We confirm that a pure carbon tax without revenue recycling in developed economies tends to be regressive, i.e. lower income households being more affected, while our research does not support the perception that it reveals progressivity in developing countries.
where T ⊂ R ≥ 0 is a time scale and A = ( 0 0 0 − 2 ) and investigated some types of stability of Eq. (7.1) when A is regressive, i.e., μ ( t ) ≠ 1 2 for all t ∈ T. In this case the equation has the unique solution x ( t ) = e A ( t, 0 ) x 0, where e A ( t, 0 ) is the matrix exponential function.
Of formal taxes, the most regressive, i.e., hardest on the poor relative to the rich, is the sales tax.
It has repeatedly been shown for different countries that these expenditures are regressive, i.e. low income groups pay disproportionally more than high income groups [ 28- 32].
We had no real plan for the project; we were both just feeling regressive, I guess.
Even in the book's most regressive I-am-woman, you-are-man moments, Ms. Tiel's remarkable innocence, to all appearances sincere, and a certain daffiness buoy the reader.
So, for each change I feel regressive, decision I feel unjust, or trend I find demeaning, I will strive to reverse it, to positively influence it, and to consistently work to make America great again.
Four local regressive smoothers (i.e., SMA, S G, LOWESS, and LOESS) are considered in this study.
The Eurozone member countries including Greece have suffered 2 recessions since 2008, thanks to their austerity policies that cut spending and raised mostly regressive taxes (i.e., that hurt the poorest) in an attempt to pay down the huge debt load incurred from the Great Recession.
And I know that sounds really regressive, but I think she had a great sense of self.
