To explain it clearly, if you tax food at 20%, and a poor person spends 10% of their income on food, that is a 2% tax on their income.
Very rich people might spend only 0.1% of their income on food though, so that is only a 0.02% tax on their income.
To explain it clearly, if you tax food at 20%, and a poor person spends 10% of their income on food, that is a 2% tax on their income.
Very rich people might spend only 0.1% of their income on food though, so that is only a 0.02% tax on their income.