11.   Pataki is right when he calls for an end to regressive taxes like the gross receipts tax on energy use, which afflicts human beings as well as businesses.

12.   Social Security is the most regressive tax ever devised because of the way it hits low-wage workers much harder than high-wage workers.

13.   The heavy reliance on the sales tax is one reason Texas has one of the most regressive tax systems in the country.

14.   The Social Security levy is a regressive tax on labor.

15.   This is what tax mavens call regressive taxes.