WHYY News: ‘Every dollar counts’: Critics Say Plan to Increase Fees, Taxes and Tolls Will Disproportionately Hurt Poor Delawareans

WHYY News: ‘Every dollar counts’: Critics Say Plan to Increase Fees, Taxes and Tolls Will Disproportionately Hurt Poor Delawareans

Miles Trinidad, a state analyst for the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonprofit, nonpartisan tax policy organization, said flat fee increases like the document fee and the cigarette tax are regressive and will hurt low-income Delawareans.

From WHYY: Critics say plan to increase fees, taxes and tolls will disproportionately hurt poor Delawareans

Low-income Delawareans will likely feel a greater pinch to their pocketbooks from legislation raising motor vehicle fees headed to Gov. John Carney's desk.