[Spooky23]

Maybe, but they are less regressive.

States without income taxes usually rely on sales or excise taxes. In a “high tax” state like New York, poor people don’t pay income tax nor sales tax on food or clothing. (A significant expense) Usually high tax pressure is from property tax.

In a state like South Carolina, you have income tax, but property taxes are very low. They make up for that by taxing food, which results in higher taxation for poor and elderly people.

[devmunchies]

Los Angeles has slightly higher sales tax[1] than king county (Seattle) Washington[2]

Yet Washington is "regressive" since it doesn't have income tax. Los Angeles would actually be more "regressive" by this metric.

This is why i think its a psyop. Somebody wants the lower and middle classes to fight.

1: https://www.cdtfa.ca.gov/taxes-and-fees/rates.aspx

2: https://kingcounty.gov/independent/forecasting/King%20County...