FLAT TAX, A state passes a law where everyone pays exactly 15% of their income in state income tax—whether you earn $30,000 or $300,000., VA country implements a 10% sales tax on all purchases. A person buying a $100 item pays $10; a person buying a $1,000 item pays $100., A gym charges 12% of your membership fee as a "facility tax." Whether you pay $50/month or $100/month, the tax is always 12%., A new law taxes all online purchases at exactly 8% of the purchase price, regardless of item cost or buyer income., PROGRESSIVE TAX, Federal income tax brackets: Someone earning $30,000 pays 10%; someone earning $150,000 pays 22%; someone earning $500,000 pays 37%., A luxury tax charges 5% on cars under $50,000, but 15% on cars over $100,000 to tax wealthy buyers more heavily., Property tax rates increase with home value: A $200,000 home is taxed at 1%, but a $1 million home is taxed at 2%., An inheritance tax: Inheriting $50,000 is taxed at 10%, but inheriting $5 million is taxed at 40%., REGRESSIVE TAX, A 10% tax on gas affects a low-income family more because they spend a larger portion of their income on gas than a wealthy family does., A $2 tax on every pack of cigarettes takes up 20% of a poor smoker's daily budget but only 2% of a wealthy smoker's budget, A flat 8% sales tax on all groceries means a family earning $30,000/year pays a bigger percentage of their income than a family earning $300,000/year., A $50 annual vehicle registration fee is the same for everyone—a huge burden for a low-income family but negligible for a wealthy family., PROPORTIONAL TAX, A property tax where every homeowner pays 1.5% of their home's assessed value—whether it's worth $150,000 or $500,000., A 6% sales tax applies to all retail purchases, so a $50 item costs $53 and a $500 item costs $530., A capital gains tax of 20% applies equally to all stock profits—whether you earn $1,000 or $100,000 in gains., A parking meter charges $0.50 per hour for everyone, so parking for 1 hour costs $0.50 and parking for 4 hours costs $2.00.

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