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Psychologically, it seems as if all money taken out of a person's paycheck is the same, but income and payroll taxes serve very different functions, with contrasting effects. Income taxes are withheld from an employee's wages and go into a general fund.
Since those with higher taxable incomes pay a higher percentage, the Federal income tax is a progressive tax. Sales and excise taxes, by comparison, are considered regressive. Since the goods get taxed at the same percentage, those with lower incomes pay a larger percentage of their income in sales and excise taxes.