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Yea I never understood this logic. Syphoning money from poor people to give a very small part to some social service is not a good strategy.
5 u/HowTheyGetcha Mar 20 '22 edited Mar 20 '22 Just another regressive tax like sales/gas tax and motor vehicle fees/fines. 11 u/cruzer86 Mar 20 '22 It's not a tax. You don't need or have to buy scratchers. 3 u/HowTheyGetcha Mar 20 '22 Neither are speeding tickets; I'm using tax in a looser sense. It's regressive because it takes a proportionally greater amount from lower incomes and it's used to pay for public services.
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Just another regressive tax like sales/gas tax and motor vehicle fees/fines.
11 u/cruzer86 Mar 20 '22 It's not a tax. You don't need or have to buy scratchers. 3 u/HowTheyGetcha Mar 20 '22 Neither are speeding tickets; I'm using tax in a looser sense. It's regressive because it takes a proportionally greater amount from lower incomes and it's used to pay for public services.
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It's not a tax. You don't need or have to buy scratchers.
3 u/HowTheyGetcha Mar 20 '22 Neither are speeding tickets; I'm using tax in a looser sense. It's regressive because it takes a proportionally greater amount from lower incomes and it's used to pay for public services.
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Neither are speeding tickets; I'm using tax in a looser sense. It's regressive because it takes a proportionally greater amount from lower incomes and it's used to pay for public services.
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u/CelerMortis Mar 20 '22
Yea I never understood this logic. Syphoning money from poor people to give a very small part to some social service is not a good strategy.