Yes, there is.
Sales taxes are probably the most regressive type of tax. The lower your income, the more you spend on goods and services, the more you get taxed. Plus, the wealthy can often avoid sales taxes by shopping areas with lower sales tax rates.
Consumption taxes are also regressive, for the same reasons.
Same with tariffs.
Excise taxes on goods heavily used by lower-income individuals (such as cigarettes) wind up being regressive.
The same goes for fees linked with criminal penalties.
User fees (such as fees to use parks or public golf courses) are, yes, regressive. As already noted in this thread, Texas residents are often hit with these types of fees.
Income taxes are typically designed to be progressive. However, they can end up being regressive, when the laws include loopholes to allow high earners to avoid them.
And again... property taxes are a type of wealth tax. If your taxes go up, that's because you've gained more wealth. By definition, that's not "regressive."
Actually, that's a bit of a myth.
University of California researchers said the "Cal exodus" is a myth and that residents are not moving out of the state in unusual numbers.
www.businessinsider.com
Further, anyone leaving CA because of unaffordable housing will be in for a big shock, because the lack of affordable housing is a national problem, not a California problem.
No, actually, it is to REBALANCE the tax structure. Increase property taxes AND reduce other types of taxes such as sales taxes. CA could also afford to make its income tax more progressive.
...except that those entities will have to pay more taxes on those properties.
In fact, the current setup is
beneficial for real estate investors, because it reduces their tax burdens.
Dude.
CA has both low property taxes
and unaffordable housing. It should be screamingly obvious that property taxes are not what is causing that problem.
She paid
the people who loaned her the money. That doesn't mean she paid her fair share of taxes. You want to give her a free ride.
We should also note that there are tens of millions of Californians who
aren't living on a fixed income.
Oh, and California already has a property tax relief program for seniors and disabled individuals.
Then why are you saying that "Californians are leaving in droves?"
Funny you should mention that.
Roth IRAs were intended to help average working Americans save, but IRS records show Thiel and other ultrawealthy investors have used them to amass vast untaxed fortunes.
www.propublica.org
What the what? HERO loans aren't an extra tax, they're just paid with the property tax bill. Even your own article suggests that the state is cracking down on unscrupulous contractors, and that lots of people just didn't understand what they were signing.
Or perhaps you think that a charge for $50 is somehow more expensive when it's on your tax bill, rather than invoiced directly?