Sales tax hikes fall harder on people with low income
The sales-tax editorial (July 24, News & Record) fails to mention that a sales tax is “regressive.” You mention that the idea is to keep the property tax down, but a property tax is “progressive.”
A sales tax hits the low-income citizens a lot harder as it amounts to a higher percentage of that income, while with a property tax, the more you have the more you pay.
Perhaps a sales tax will win the day, but I do think that all the angles should be displayed editorially.
Thomas L. Harmon Jr.
Greensboro
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