Tulsa World: The Poor Pay More
media mentionThe poor pay more. State taxes favor the wealthy. Every state and local tax system is regressive.
Those provocative conclusions, reached in a controversial new study, are going to ignite a fiery debate over who’s really the most overburdened by state and local taxes and whether existing tax systems do as much harm as good.
The Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy report, “Who Pays?” spares no one. It might make some people think twice about their assumptions that low-wage earners all are takers, drains on the economy, a group unwilling or unable to shoulder its load.