“Given that most states use income taxes to help fund state government, Wyoming’s strong reliance on sales tax is unusual. It also puts a disproportionate tax burden on working-class Wyomingites who are likely to spend a higher share of their income on taxed consumption, said Carl Davis, research director at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.”
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