Where the Poor Pay More: 21 States with Heavy Tax Burdens on Low-Income Residents – msn
Who Pays? A Distributional Analysis of the Tax Systems in All 50 States – ITEP
“The vast majority of state and local tax systems are regressive, or upside-down. This requires a much greater share of income from low- and middle-income families than from wealthy families. The absence of a graduated personal income tax in many states and a heavy reliance on consumption taxes contribute to this effect.”