In other words, Texas imposes no individual income tax, but revenue is largely generated through property and sales taxes. Taxes on property such as your home, a place you own, or where your business is located, are somewhat "local taxes" since the state is the one who is responsible for them. There are two types of taxes, progressive and regressive; progressive taxes take a larger percentage of taxpayers' income as their income increases (What is it, web). Regressive taxes are the exact opposite, the tax is not based on your ability to pay. Texas has one of the most regressive tax systems in the United States, the reason? Because of state taxes, where everyone pays the same tax rate regardless of income. In Texas, however, the state tax system is not universally liked. While few are calling for Texas to impose its own income tax, the way the state uses property, sales and business taxes to fund services, particularly education, draws criticism and debate across the political spectrum ( Batheja, web). Additionally, some critics argue that the shift from income taxes to sales taxes places a greater burden on the poor, who would ultimately pay a higher percentage of their income in taxes than the rich pay (Dealer, web). In other words, the lowest class is always the one most affected by this type of (regressive) taxes, because that's what taxes are like