poor tax
Hardship's extra cost
Poor tax refers to the extra costs that fall on people with limited money—not an actual government levy, but the financial penalties built into being broke.
Those who can't afford bulk purchases pay more per unit.
Those without good credit pay higher interest rates.
Those who can't cover a repair now pay for a replacement later.
Overdraft fees are a poor tax.
The phrase captures how poverty compounds itself through systemic disadvantages that cost more in the long run.
- regressiveReverting to earlier stages
- burdenOppressive weight or duty
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- lotteryRandomized prize distribution
- cigarettesPaper-wrapped tobacco for smoking
alcohol · gambling · exploitation · payday loans · check cashing · paycheck · struggling · working class · minimum wage · hidden · unfair · wealth gap · vice · desperation · survival · squeeze · nickeled · hardship
- Bible moneymammon, tithe, alms, mite, shekel
- Islamic charityzakat, alms, almsgiving, charitable giving, Islamic charity
- Islamic taxationzakat, haul, tithe, bayt al-mal, fay
- Jewish taxestithe, firstfruits, gleanings, communal funds
- charitycharity, charities, donations, donation, donating
poor taxprogressive taxation
Rates increase with income
progressive tax · wealth tax · estate tax · inheritance tax · luxury tax
poor taxwealth redistribution
Shifting assets across society
economic justice · tax the rich · social safety net · welfare · universal basic income
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