In addition, “sales taxes inevitably take a larger share of income from low- and middle-income families than from rich families because sales taxes are levied at a flat rate and spending as a share of income falls as income rises,” according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Read more
January 10, 2022
Exposed: Bradley and Koch Cash Fuels Push to Eliminate Wisconsin Income Tax
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