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Recent Examples of regressive
The film premiered at last year’s Cannes Film Festival and delves into the conflict between a visionary artist seeking a utopian future and those entrenched in a regressive status quo, driven by greed, special interests and partisan conflict.
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Justin Kroll, Deadline, 5 May 2025
But they are also viewed as regressive because low and middle income taxpayers spend a higher proportion of their income on taxable goods.
—Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 21 Apr. 2025
Whenever a regressive tax is imposed, those with the lowest incomes pay the most and face the most significant negative economic consequences.
—Noreen Sugrue, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Perez’s proposal to cut the statewide sales tax rate from 6% to 5.25%, leaving nearly $5 billion in people’s pockets, would make the nation’s most regressive revenue base somewhat less unfair to everyone who isn’t wealthy.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025
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Justin Kroll, Deadline, 5 May 2025
But they are also viewed as regressive because low and middle income taxpayers spend a higher proportion of their income on taxable goods.
—Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 21 Apr. 2025
Whenever a regressive tax is imposed, those with the lowest incomes pay the most and face the most significant negative economic consequences.
—Noreen Sugrue, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Perez’s proposal to cut the statewide sales tax rate from 6% to 5.25%, leaving nearly $5 billion in people’s pockets, would make the nation’s most regressive revenue base somewhat less unfair to everyone who isn’t wealthy.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Regressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regressive. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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