[lbo-talk] Progressive taxation vs flat tax

Alan Jacobson alanjacobson at sbcglobal.net
Thu Aug 5 05:55:07 PDT 2004


http://www.ppionline.org/ppi_ci.cfm?knlgAreaID=125&subsecID=163&contentID=1395

(googled this up, it has some talking points)

Also see the Citizens for Tax Justice website www.ctj.org

An item on their site talks about the increasing regressive inequities between income taxes and investment taxes. Since wage income makes up a higher percentage of overall income for poor people than rich, cuts in investment tax rates benefit the rich more, creating a regressive effect.



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