regressiveness

The regressiveness of payroll taxes, sales taxes and various user fees alter the tax burden so that all but the very, very rich and the very, very poor pay about the same percentage of their income as taxes.

Matthew Yglesias » Endgame 2010

The only tax regressiveness we have in this whole state, including the cities, is that experienced by people at the lowest end of the income spectrum.

McGinn Proposes Across-the-Board Cuts of 3 Percent; 5 Percent Cuts Likely Next Year « PubliCola 2010

In other words, it has nothing to do with regressiveness.

Wonk Room » The Wonkline: May 28, 2009 2009

The Jackson administration's assaults on central banking may be read by social-democracy historians as a dismantling, at last, of the regressiveness of Hamiltonian finance -- but what began flourishing in the Jackson era can just as easily be read as fulfilling the diverging fears of those bitter enemies Paine and John Adams.

William Hogeland: Economic Conflicts of the Founding Era Dispel Tea Party Myths... and Liberal Ones, Too William Hogeland 2011

And if Mr Osborne wants to hear more about VAT's regressiveness, he could simply ask David Cameron, who has previously argued this precise point.

VAT at 20%: A very deliberate choice | Editorial 2011

That said, I like the VAT, despite its regressiveness.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Bloggers agree: Little chance for immigration bill, and they hate the VAT 2010

Kevin adds a chart showing the regressiveness of McCain's economic plans.

Easter Lemming Liberal News 2008

That said, I like the VAT, despite its regressiveness.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Bloggers agree: Little chance for immigration bill, and they hate the VAT 2010

This time, California can bask in its regressiveness (Prop 8 was an answer to an earlier Supreme Court ruling last May to allow same-sex marriages).

Andy Ostroy: Shame on You California 2009

The only change that would represent from the last several decades is that such sick regressiveness will no longer be quite so nationalized, courtesy of the likes of Newt Gingrich, George W. Bush, Trent Lott or Mitch McConnell, but rather will remain confined to their Bible Belt, just as Jesus intended.

America's Two-Party System 2009