Lower income people pay a higher portion of their income on everything they purchase: food. clothes, cars, etc. That's just how math works if a product or service is offered at a fixed price and not scaled. I think (hope) an income tax faces an uphill battle in this state. At least property taxes are established at the local government level where citizens are (or should be) involved along side their neighbors in how property taxes are spent. A state-run tax authority will eventually say "here's your income tax bill, like it or lump it..."
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