Sentence examples for regressive when from inspiring English sources

"Consumption taxes are generally less regressive when viewed from a lifetime perspective," the report declared.

Another problem involves defining the time frame over which progressivity should be calculated; a given program may be regressive when examined using annual data but progressive when considered over a lifetime.

Nick Clegg floundered badly on the radio this morning as John Humphrys put it to him that the budget could not be described as anything other than regressive when it clobbered the poor more than anyone else.

Bakis et al. (2014) find that when the transitional dynamics are ignored, the optimal tax policy for the long-run steady state is moderately regressive; when the transition path is considered, however, the optimal tax reform is much more progressive.

Unsurprisingly, the outlook is pretty gloomy on the Labour and Tory front, who both remain robotically regressive when it comes to drug laws.

It is progressive (in favour of the poor) when the value of the coefficient is positive and regressive when the coefficient is negative.

But with the old version of the vaccine, I have not yet come across a study that looked at regressives — when a child had some speech but lost it.

"The Budget looks less progressive - indeed somewhat regressive - when you take out the effect of measures that were inherited from the previous government and when you look further into the future than 2013," said IFS director Robert Chote.

And I don't know why, because working people pay a very regressive tax when they go to work, right?

She has rarely spoken about the subject in the past and was accused of a regressive step when she abolished the Department of Energy and Climate Change after taking office.

The results suggest a regressive bias when some variables that capture the income effect positively affect participation in the program and acceptance of the payment offered.