New report finds the poor pay more taxes than the wealthy

Nov. 21, 2018
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A new report by the Arizona Center for Economic Progress finds that the lowest-income Arizonans pay nearly three times more in taxes as a percentage of their income when compared to Arizona’s wealthiest people. David Lujan, the director of the center, tells us more about tax inequity in Arizona.

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