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David Sirota is a political journalist and nationally syndicated newspaper columnist at Creators Syndicate. David writes about political corruption, globalization and working-class economic issues often ignored by both of America's political parties.
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April 15, 2008 9:29 AM
Regressive State Taxes
PBS Now (which I am scheduled to be on at the beginning of May) had a terrific piece on regressive taxes at the state level. Check out the details of their story here, and then see where your state ranks in terms of income inequality.
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About David Sirota
David Sirota is a political journalist and nationally syndicated newspaper columnist at Creators Syndicate. He is the New York Times bestselling author of Hostile Takeover. He lives in Denver, Colorado. His daily blog can be found at CREDO Action. He contributes regularly to the Denver Post's Web site, is a senior editor at In These Times magazine and is working on his second book. He has been profiled in Newsweek and the Rocky Mountain News and is widely known for his reporting on political corruption, globalization and working-class economic issues often ignored by both of America's political parties. Sirota serves as co-chair of the Progressive States Network, a 501(c)3 organization that supports state legislators and that is a partner of CREDO.
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The views expressed on this blog are his own, and do not necessarily represent the views of Working Assets (publisher of CREDO Action) or the institutions Sirota works for.
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Discussion
Transferring the tax burden from federal to state/local bodies has been a hallmark of the trickle-down "ownership" starve-the-beast society.
For states, a flat-rate income tax could/should completely obviate the hopelessly regressive sales tax.
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