Sentence examples for regressive shifting from inspiring English sources

But a consumption tax has few supporters in Washington because many warn that it would be regressive, shifting too large a portion of the tax burden onto lower- and middle-income Americans.

To be very clear about this: Cain has proposed a tax plan (the advertising-jingle-level-annoying "9-9-9") that would be, in the words of a former Obama White House economist, "the most dramatic and regressive shifting of the tax burden in the history of our nation"; a policy that would effectively cut taxes for the top 0.01% of Americans by about half.

For instance, if rates of health improvement tend to be slower in places with a history of socioeconomic deprivation and lower levels of economic growth, this "health premium" will potentially be regressive, shifting resources from deprived areas with greater need to more advantaged areas.

The HG of honeybee workers goes through the undeveloped, developed and regressive phases accompanying the shifting of tasks from nursing to foraging within 20 days in a normal colony.

Back home, here in the U.S., our inability to claim the moral high ground about abortion has brought us one of the most regressive culture shifts of a generation.

The changes in the budget actually narrow the tax base, but changes to taxes like the GST – because of their regressive nature – would necessitate increased government spending, in effect shifting our economy to more of a European-style one where tax revenue and government expenditure overall is much higher.

It's just that it's a regressive tax taking money from the poor and middle-income people and shifting it to a very wealthy group of people.

The election that offered our first shot at a female president and resulted in the historic victory of an African-American has not appeared to shift the regressive politics of reality television one centimeter.

And because overall the tax burden would have increased more on the poorer households, it's clear that shifting the tax mix to the GST makes the overall system more regressive unless there is compensation.

Ryan's highly regressive tax plan for instance, would immediately impact the lives of middle class families by shifting more of the total tax burden onto the shoulders of those who can least afford it, while reducing the tax rate of wealthy individuals like Mr. Romney to virtually zero.

The problem with shifting the tax burden from drivers to shoppers is not that the tax is regressive (if it is, then so is the gas tax), but that it needlessly severs the link between use and payment.