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An undeviating policy of U.S. restraint risks giving free rein to decidedly regressive forces in the world—such as China’s authoritarian influence across the global South, Iran’s financing of terrorism in the Middle East, and Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.
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Jonathan B. Petkun, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
Repealing the cap without making other changes in tax law would be enormously expensive and a highly regressive windfall for the highest income households.
—Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Next to proposals like that — which would explode consumer prices and make the tax code far more regressive — Biden and Tai sound like free-traders.
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 27 June 2024
By reducing payroll taxes and replacing that revenue with a carbon tax, Social Security would get a broader tax base, and low-income workers would be shielded from the otherwise regressive impact of a naked carbon tax.
—Bob Inglis, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
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Jonathan B. Petkun, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
Repealing the cap without making other changes in tax law would be enormously expensive and a highly regressive windfall for the highest income households.
—Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Next to proposals like that — which would explode consumer prices and make the tax code far more regressive — Biden and Tai sound like free-traders.
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 27 June 2024
By reducing payroll taxes and replacing that revenue with a carbon tax, Social Security would get a broader tax base, and low-income workers would be shielded from the otherwise regressive impact of a naked carbon tax.
—Bob Inglis, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
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“Regressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regressive. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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