Metro: In Pa. budget deal, Philly could see one of highest sales tax rates in nation
media mention“Matt Gardner, executive director of the Washington D.C.-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said an increase in the state’s sales tax would hit low-income residents hard, in a state where poor people already devote a large chunk of their income to taxes. His organization, which gets much of its funding from left-leaning foundations, compiles reports on which states have tax systems that are favorable to the poor.”