The Bellingham Herald: When It Comes to Unfair Tax Systems, We’re No. 1

The unfair nature of our tax system made national news earlier this month when the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) released its state-by-state profile in which it compares features of state tax systems. Its analysis shows that while taxes in just about every state are skewed – on average the bottom 20 percent of families pay about twice what the top 1 percent pay –those in Washington are the worst, earning us ITEP’s top billing for the state with the most lopsided distribution of taxes.

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