#regressivetaxation — Public Fediverse posts
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Missouri tax shift plan dangerous transfer of burden to working families
Missouri tax shift plan would replace income tax with expanded sales taxes, shifting the burden onto working families and limiting future policy optionshttps://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/u-s-politics/missouri-tax-shift-plan/
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I am familiar with inequality in the United States and arguments that the government's policies are skewed toward the rich and against the poor. This is one of the few things I (at least in theory) would agree with progressives on, and one I—a Gen Zer—can relate to: that Social Security is deliberately designed to make young adults pay for their retired grandparents' luxuries.
https://reason.com/video/2026/03/30/you-are-paying-for-retirees-lavish-lifestyles/
#SocialSecurity #entitlement #inequality #Medicare #poverty #regressiveTaxation #wealthGap
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I am familiar with inequality in the United States and arguments that the government's policies are skewed toward the rich and against the poor. This is one of the few things I (at least in theory) would agree with progressives on, and one I—a Gen Zer—can relate to: that Social Security is deliberately designed to make young adults pay for their retired grandparents' luxuries.
https://reason.com/video/2026/03/30/you-are-paying-for-retirees-lavish-lifestyles/
#SocialSecurity #entitlement #inequality #Medicare #poverty #regressiveTaxation #wealthGap
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I am familiar with inequality in the United States and arguments that the government's policies are skewed toward the rich and against the poor. This is one of the few things I (at least in theory) would agree with progressives on, and one I—a Gen Zer—can relate to: that Social Security is deliberately designed to make young adults pay for their retired grandparents' luxuries.
https://reason.com/video/2026/03/30/you-are-paying-for-retirees-lavish-lifestyles/
#SocialSecurity #entitlement #inequality #Medicare #poverty #regressiveTaxation #wealthGap
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State of the Union Bombshell: Tariffs as a Backdoor Income Tax Replacement
A State of the Union address admission reveals a plan to replace progressive income taxes with tariffs—a regressive shift that would raise prices and burden working families.
#billionaireTaxCuts #ConsumerPrices #EconomicInequality #IncomeTax #IndependentMedia #inflation #progressiveTaxation #regressiveTaxation #StateOfTheUnion #tariffs #taxPolicy #TradePolicy #wealthConcentration #workingClass https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-oJv -
State of the Union Bombshell: Tariffs as a Backdoor Income Tax Replacement
A State of the Union address admission reveals a plan to replace progressive income taxes with tariffs—a regressive shift that would raise prices and burden working families.
#billionaireTaxCuts #ConsumerPrices #EconomicInequality #IncomeTax #IndependentMedia #inflation #progressiveTaxation #regressiveTaxation #StateOfTheUnion #tariffs #taxPolicy #TradePolicy #wealthConcentration #workingClass https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-oJv -
https://www.opb.org/article/2026/01/07/portland-oregon-tina-kotek-transportation-bill-politics/
(Tina should find a way to not use #regressivetaxation; i.e., stiffing the little guy with fees)
…with an #ODOT $242M gap, #Kotek now favors a “redirect, repeal and rebuild” approach.
“redirect”: free up money within ODOT budget that could instead go toward basic road maintenance.
“rebuild”: Come back to the Legislature in 2027 with a more comprehensive plan for funding ODOT…
“repeal”: ask Dems to scrap the bill she just muscled through…
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https://www.opb.org/article/2026/01/07/portland-oregon-tina-kotek-transportation-bill-politics/
(Tina should find a way to not use #regressivetaxation; i.e., stiffing the little guy with fees)
…with an #ODOT $242M gap, #Kotek now favors a “redirect, repeal and rebuild” approach.
“redirect”: free up money within ODOT budget that could instead go toward basic road maintenance.
“rebuild”: Come back to the Legislature in 2027 with a more comprehensive plan for funding ODOT…
“repeal”: ask Dems to scrap the bill she just muscled through…
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https://www.opb.org/article/2026/01/07/portland-oregon-tina-kotek-transportation-bill-politics/
(Tina should find a way to not use #regressivetaxation; i.e., stiffing the little guy with fees)
…with an #ODOT $242M gap, #Kotek now favors a “redirect, repeal and rebuild” approach.
“redirect”: free up money within ODOT budget that could instead go toward basic road maintenance.
“rebuild”: Come back to the Legislature in 2027 with a more comprehensive plan for funding ODOT…
“repeal”: ask Dems to scrap the bill she just muscled through…
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https://www.opb.org/article/2026/01/07/portland-oregon-tina-kotek-transportation-bill-politics/
(Tina should find a way to not use #regressivetaxation; i.e., stiffing the little guy with fees)
…with an #ODOT $242M gap, #Kotek now favors a “redirect, repeal and rebuild” approach.
“redirect”: free up money within ODOT budget that could instead go toward basic road maintenance.
“rebuild”: Come back to the Legislature in 2027 with a more comprehensive plan for funding ODOT…
“repeal”: ask Dems to scrap the bill she just muscled through…
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https://www.opb.org/article/2026/01/07/portland-oregon-tina-kotek-transportation-bill-politics/
(Tina should find a way to not use #regressivetaxation; i.e., stiffing the little guy with fees)
…with an #ODOT $242M gap, #Kotek now favors a “redirect, repeal and rebuild” approach.
“redirect”: free up money within ODOT budget that could instead go toward basic road maintenance.
“rebuild”: Come back to the Legislature in 2027 with a more comprehensive plan for funding ODOT…
“repeal”: ask Dems to scrap the bill she just muscled through…
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And so the choice is:
Corporations pay ZERO.
Private road users, aka "the little guys", are footing the whole bill in the most aggressively #regressivetaxation possible.
"… #payrolltax increase would cost a worker who earns…$68,283 about $68 per year, and drivers of passenger cars would pay $84 more… #vehicleregistrationfees… #gastax…depending on how many miles people drive and how fuel-efficient their cars are."
Crap work Tina.
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and, yes, HB 3362 **was** egregiously regressive.
— a shitty bill, that should have included ALL vehicles, so that corporate road-ruiners would cover their dues.
— and, what they don't say is that funding it through fees and registration, with a tiny smattering of #gastax, is **already** steeply #regressivetaxation
— and that it doesn't even remotely cover total cost to the #environment
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@barney Well said. I wish a journalist would ask TFG to walk them through buying a $35K car, paying state and local taxes and then an extra $3,500 in tariffs.
How exactly would that benefit someone buying a car? Wouldn't this be instant 10% inflation on goods many consumers buy?
If this is meant to replace taxation of income, it would be a regressive tax on the poor as more of their income goes toward consumables than the wealthy.
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They are merely doing the ignoble work of wealth redistribution bas Ganga is ulti behenging
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RT @seemay
Falling corporate taxes - “In 2018-19, the total corporate tax or the income tax paid by corporates had stood at Rs 6.64 lakh crore. This fell to Rs 5.57 lakh crore in 2019-20. It fell further to Rs 4.57 lakh crore in 2020-21.” #RegressiveTaxation https://twitter.com/seemay/status/1430032895146479616
https://twitter.com/seemay/status/1430033541341933569