Certainly, it almost undoubtedly has pros and cons, but every source I saw explicitly describes it as an example of a regressive tax, so I do feel like its fair to put "regressive" in the cons column... 😅

I dont personally have a strong stance on the subject, I dont know a ton about taxes, I was mostly just explaining why someone might want to do away with it because folks were misunderstanding the person who wished we didn't have it. I only know its considered regressive because hank green talked about it in a video. I was just trying to add context based on something I had learned

I think its fair to ague it still serves certain purposes or has advantages, but I get the distinct impression its considered 'on the regressive end of the spectrum' by every authority on the subject that I have access to, I'm not sure you're right that it's just "maybe" regressive 😅