Sentence examples for regressive effect from inspiring English sources
The car-tax repeal remains quite popular despite its clearly regressive effect.
However, with his tax cuts applying to all earners, no matter how wealthy, they would have a regressive effect.
In developing countries, tax systems often have a regressive effect because they tend to rely heavily on consumption taxes, like VAT and excise duty, or on import levies.
Moreover, any regressive effect of the tax rise on drink can be offset with more generous benefits in some other area.Deck the halls, not each otherThe evidence backing higher prices on booze is strong.
In the eyes of many, the UCLA dynastic period probably had a regressive effect on the game's growth; a sport with such high predictability lost some of its attractiveness.
Separately, research by economists and experts at the Women's Budget Group finds that policies planned by the government for 2015-20 will have an even more regressive effect than those of the 2010-15 parliament, hitting lone parents and single female pensioners hardest.
A program to distribute free reusable bags to low-income residents could help minimize any potentially regressive effects while allowing the city to pursue the fee as a viable policy option.
It would have been better if Mr Gore had attacked Mr Bush more clearly on the sheer size of his tax cut (rather than focusing all his fire on its regressive effects).
To counter its regressive effects, the tax could be used as a substitute for other, even more regressive taxes, or, alternatively, some of the proceeds could be returned to low-income families as rebates (although, of course, this would cut down on the amount that could go toward deficit reduction).
The revenues from a carbon tax do not have to be used for more government spending; the tax's burden on low-income families can be offset by targeted income support measures, like those used in other countries to offset the regressive effects of value-added taxes.
Interestingly, regressive effects are concealed if urban and rural households are aggregated (see Fig. 4).
