“No-income-tax states like Washington, Texas and Florida do, in fact, have average-to-low taxes overall. However, they are far from ‘low-tax’ for poor families,” the report notes.
In Illinois, there is an income tax but it’s a flat rate for everyone, and the state’s sales tax accounts for 7% of poor taxpayers’ income relative to just 0.8% for the top 1%.
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