Sentence examples for regressive tax from inspiring English sources

(See progressive tax; regressive tax).

"Talk about a regressive tax," he complained.

It is funded by a "regressive" tax.

Property taxes are a regressive tax.

Missouri's regressive tax policies are also to blame.

In fact, the lottery is essentially a large regressive tax.

Like sales taxes, Social Security is a regressive tax.

ECONOMISTS tend to deride state lotteries as a regressive tax.

It is a regressive tax that hardly touches the wealthy.

Thus, it has been called the most regressive tax in human history.

This in effect becomes a regressive tax that hurts the poor and middle class.