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  •  Most Regressive State Taxes In US (0+ / 0-)

    was what Scientific American reported last year or so, as I recall.

    We are called to speak for the weak, for the voiceless, for victims of our nation and for those it calls enemy.... --ML King "Beyond Vietnam"

    by Gooserock on Tue Jun 06, 2006 at 08:54:57 PM PDT

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    •  Regressive for two reasons (0+ / 0-)

      The two primary legs of WA state taxes are the sales tax and the Business and Occupation tax.  The taxes are regressive because lower income brackets tend to pay a larger percentage of their income in sales taxes than upper income brackets and there are no deductions allowed from the business and occupation tax.

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      by lapin on Tue Jun 06, 2006 at 09:30:28 PM PDT

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