How to Use progressivity in a Sentence

progressivity

noun
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  • That doesn’t mean each tax measure that flunks the progressivity test will be scrapped — far from it.
    — Robert Goulder, Forbes, 7 June 2021
  • Even with the high progressivity of the current tax code, the bills are extraordinary.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 20 Mar. 2021
  • This is what turns very mild decline in progressivity into rapid drop.
    — Robert Verbruggen, National Review, 18 Oct. 2019
  • Brie Flora, 30, a jeweler and metalsmith who came from Boston, is the face of such progressivity.
    — New York Times, 12 Feb. 2022
  • The progressivity of the U.S. tax code distorts incentives.
    — Jesús Fernández-Villaverde and Lee E. Ohanian, WSJ, 9 Jan. 2019
  • That progressivity ratio of 1.35 is far higher than in any other country.
    — Phil Gramm and Mike Solon, WSJ, 14 Oct. 2021
  • The second source of opposition grew out of a broader animus to the notion of progressivity itself.
    — Julian E. Zelizer, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2017
  • The plan indicates Republicans would not change the progressivity of the current code, meaning that the rich would not get bigger cuts than the middle class and lower-income Americans.
    — Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 27 Sep. 2017
  • The increase in the credit’s value and eligibility changes for households with very low incomes also marked an increase in the progressivity of the tax system.
    — Marie Sapirie, Forbes, 20 May 2021
  • In this way law resembles many humanities, which don't seem to exhibit the same progressivity of science.
    — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 26 July 2011
  • So indexing capital gains would reduce the progressivity of the income tax.
    — Alan S. Blinder, WSJ, 1 Aug. 2018
  • The party could also go more ambitious, and offer a detailed plan for overhauling the tax system with an eye toward simplicity and progressivity.
    — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 29 May 2017
  • To roll back this loss of progressivity, the economists propose steep increases in the corporate tax and the individual income tax for the wealthiest households, along with a new annual wealth tax for those with a net worth of more than $50 million.
    — Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2019
  • The lesson there is sometimes designs intended to introduce progressivity into the fee structure can backfire.
    — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 6 Apr. 2021
  • To the extent that our society values progressivity in its tax code — and mobility on its socioeconomic ladder — this policy makes no sense.
    — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 2 Nov. 2017
  • Democratic tax policy is wedded to an understanding of progressivity that doesn’t bode well for Americans abroad.
    — Robert Goulder, Forbes, 7 June 2021
  • But that progressivity holds true only for direct taxes on personal and corporate income.
    — Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2017
  • On the more ambitious side, the IMF suggests developed countries closely consider increasing their reliance on inheritance and gift taxes and increase the progressivity of their income tax regimes.
    — Nana Ama Sarfo, Forbes, 10 June 2021
  • The measure will generate a fair degree of progressivity in the water tariff policy for domestic consumers along with sensitising them on their consumption quantum.
    — Niyati Seth, Quartz, 8 June 2022
  • Sending checks to rich people makes the program less efficient economically, but serves the political purpose of disguising its progressivity.
    — Ramesh Ponnuru, The Denver Post, 29 July 2019
  • That last proposal regarding progressivity is the most important.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2019
  • And beyond a certain point, progressivity conflicts with efficiency.
    — The Economist, 15 Feb. 2018
  • Continental Europe meanwhile saw a lesser decline in its tax progressivity, while wage inequality was also moderated by educational and wage-setting policies that were relatively more favorable to low and middle-income groups.
    — Emily Stewart, Vox, 29 July 2018
  • However, progressivity within the top 1% percent has been virtually eliminated.
    — Dylan Dusseault, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2022

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