Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being regressive; a retrograde tendency or policy.
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- noun The condition of being
regressive
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Examples
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So while you can use exemptions of certain types of goods to make a consumption tax somewhat less regressive, fundamentally regressivity is built into the system in virtue of the much higher consumption: income ratio of the poor.
Matthew Yglesias » Making Consumption Taxes More Progressive 2010
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In any case a carbon taxes regressivity is more transparent then the effects of cap and trade.
Carbon Tax part 1million xtra 2007
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In any case a carbon taxes regressivity is more transparent then the effects of cap and trade.
Archive 2007-07-01 xtra 2007
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What about decreasing the regressivity of the payroll tax?
Social Security Privatization, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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People get much more upset, when the regressivity of tax concerns the middle class relative to the upper class, rather than the lower class to the middle class.
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Adding it into a tax system that's progressive or even neutral is going to increase the regressivity of the tax system, shifting more of the tax burden onto the poor.
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The extreme regressivity of the Washington state sales tax is. after basic items like food and prescription drugs are exempted.
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"Some of these...reductions are designed to reduce the apparent regressivity of the tax, but they are poorly targeted because rich people spend more than poor people on these goods," the economists wrote.
Property Levy Called Taxman's Best Option Paul Hannon 2011
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Which is OK if you want it to be a Pigouvian tax (better nail down those externality numbers first, of course), but then you should return the money in some way that compensates for the regressivity (flat refundable tax credit, increased health care insurance subsidies, something like that – but NOT just offsetting potential progressive taxation).
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Advocation for congestion pricing instantly generates complaints about regressivity.
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