Sentence examples for regressive impacts from inspiring English sources

When pressed a second time about the lack of detailed costings, and the regressive impacts of flattening the tax scales, Morrison said in percentage terms, lower-income earners got a bigger tax cut than higher-income earners.

Have you or the IFS factored in that the Coalition from the beginning have promised to eliminate tax on the first £10,000 of earned income? Would that not totally eliminate the regressive impacts of the CSR on your low-income household earning £200 per week and getting £100 of State support as the 'support' would be untaxed and thus were it net of tax would be even more valuable?

Reductions in public sector health spending, introduction of user fees, and other cost recovery measures aimed at making health systems financially self-sustaining were often mandated as part of structural adjustment conditionalities [ 101, 199- 202] despite their regressive impacts.

Despite the regressive impact, the report said "this budget has a lower impact on low-income families than the previous two budgets".

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"The superannuation changes, while significant, are not enough to alter the conclusion that this budget has a regressive impact," the report concluded.

And a special tax break offsets its otherwise regressive impact on low-income families, for whom energy represents a higher proportion of disposable income.

He has been saying any increase or broadening of the GST has to be fair, that low and middle income earners and welfare recipients would have to be compensated for its regressive impact through tax cuts and payments, and that essential services have to be funded.

As proposed in the column, it would also have two other advantages over a value-added tax or national sales tax: it wouldn't have a regressive impact, and would avoid having the federal government dip into a prime revenue source for state governments.

It would be felt by all Americans, rich or poor, with a largely regressive impact.

If adequate preparation is not made for changing technology, higher prices will have a regressive impact, hurting the poorest in society the most.