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There is a separate political cost to consider for a mayor who ran on taxing the rich, as parking fees are considered a form of regressive taxation, hitting lower-income earners harder on a percentage basis.
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Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2026
Letitia Harmon, Senior Director of Policy and Research at Florida Rising, called the bill regressive to the region’s progress.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
Fires, earthquakes, mudslides, regressive taxes, and other natural disasters seem to be unmistakable hints from above.
—David Wolpe, The Atlantic, 9 Mar. 2026
Gas prices are regressive — meaning lower-income people are more likely to spend a higher percentage of their money on fuel than affluent Americans.
—Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2026
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Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2026
Letitia Harmon, Senior Director of Policy and Research at Florida Rising, called the bill regressive to the region’s progress.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
Fires, earthquakes, mudslides, regressive taxes, and other natural disasters seem to be unmistakable hints from above.
—David Wolpe, The Atlantic, 9 Mar. 2026
Gas prices are regressive — meaning lower-income people are more likely to spend a higher percentage of their money on fuel than affluent Americans.
—Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regressive
degressive
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Three frames from a video (below) showing a 70 kg climber ascending a 3.7 m vertical glass surface using a synthetic adhesion system with degressive load-sharing and gecko-inspired adhesives.—
Seriously Science,
Discover Magazine,
3 Dec. 2014
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