I believe your post is focusing on income taxes.
Leftists stick their boots on the necks of the poor with sin sales taxes (booze, tobacco).
They do both. I was in Hungary several years ago and had a young college student for the bus tour. As we drove by the hospital, she said health care was free. I quietly said: “Subsidized”. Then we drove by a university a and she said it was free. And I said: “Subsidized:. She look at me and said “It’s free!”. And I asked her was her income was and she said she was a student so her income was low, about $13,000. I asked what her income tax rate was, and she said 40%. And I said you also have a national sale tax, right. She said yes and it was 22% but food and outdoor concerts (??) are only taxed at 18%. I said: “So about 62% of your income goes to taxes but you think health care and education are free?”
Crickets...