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Will voters in the deep-blue State of Oregon vote for a regressive sales tax?
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Bill Conerly, National Review, 26 Sep. 2024
Some of the comments suggested that women should be restricted to domestic roles rather than participating in sports, revealing the persistence of regressive gender attitudes even among younger generations of gaming fans.
—Lindsey Darvin, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
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.
—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
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Bill Conerly, National Review, 26 Sep. 2024
Some of the comments suggested that women should be restricted to domestic roles rather than participating in sports, revealing the persistence of regressive gender attitudes even among younger generations of gaming fans.
—Lindsey Darvin, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
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.
—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
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“Regressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regressive. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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