31. It proposed nationalizing basic industries and instituting progressive taxes on land, urban housing, salaries, profits and foreign investments. 32. The total tax burden can largely be described as flat to regressive as no progressive taxes are levied. 33. The first bill proposed a new progressive tax code designed to cap personal fortunes at $ 100 million. 34. Republicans will push for replacing the current progressive tax code with a flatter tax or a national sales tax. 35. Now they want to " tear down the federal farm programs, privatize the utilities, repeal the progressive taxes ." 36. He points to states with low, flat taxes, which, he says, do better than states with high, progressive taxes . 37. But the controversy is a reminder that the war over the efficacy of progressive taxes is far from over. 38. It can also be useful to know the pre-tax income profile of groups before the effects of progressive tax rates. 39. He urged Republicans to provide " a progressive tax system, " taxing the rich relatively more heavily than the poor. 40. It detailed a representative government with enumerated social programs to remedy the numbing poverty of commoners through progressive tax measures.
