You are however right about it being a regressive tax and unfair on the poorest.

It is hard to imagine a more regressive tax that hurts the working man.

This has the biggest impact on low income individuals since it is a regressive tax.

If that turns out to be the case then a possible 5-cent penalty per transaction becomes a regressive tax.

It's a regressive tax on the working families of our state.

What the whole licensing issue really needs is a recognition that it remains a regressive tax.

And I don't know why, because working people pay a very regressive tax when they go to work, right?

Over all, the states count on sales and similar regressive taxes for just under half of their revenue.

These groups denounced the lottery as a regressive tax on the poor.

But a lottery is the equivalent of a regressive tax on the poor.