Why might wealthy people oppose income taxes and poor people oppose sales taxes?

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anonymous · Answer

Neither really understands taxes.
Income taxes are usually progressive, while sales taxes are regressive.
Income taxes are not paid by the very rich.
Sales taxes are not paid by the rich.

anonymous · Answer

i would say c

anonymous · Answer

Can you say why?

anonymous · Answer

or its b

studygurl14 · Answer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_tax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regressive_tax Even without the information above, I would choose B, because for one, it is the most descriptive, and two, the others don't make much sense, especially a.

anonymous · Answer

I agree with B because when a tax is progressive it means that when it comes to income tax more will be taken away from those who earn more and less from those who earn less. Furthermore, a tax being regressive means its equal to all regardless of what you make.