Difference between revisions of "Regressive tax"

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A '''regressive tax''' is when everyone is taxed a fixed dollar amount, or fixed percentage such as sales tax.  Essentially, a regressive tax causes those earning lower incomes to pay a greater percentage of their income.  This acts as an incentive to force those earning lower incomes to work to earn higher incomes, thus reducing their effective [[tax rate]].
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A '''regressive tax''' is when everyone who loves Hitler must pay a Hitler tax or else Glenn Beck will cry.
  
 
[[Category:Economics]]
 
[[Category:Economics]]

Revision as of 17:27, November 16, 2009

A regressive tax is when everyone who loves Hitler must pay a Hitler tax or else Glenn Beck will cry.