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taxaholic en · ADJ

Etymology

From tax + -aholic.

Meanings

1. (derogatory, informal) Having or supporting excessive taxes.
   • As the taxaholic Clinton administration struggles to govern this taxaphobic nation, it is provoking protests not quite as stirring as the dean's, but which should be heeded. 1993 May 17, George F. Will, “The Energy-Tax Doily”, in The Baltimore Sun:
   • What protects citizens against "taxaholic" local legislative bodies is the state requirement that local tax hikes must be approved by the voters in a referendum. 2012, Ann O'M. Bowman, Richard C. Kearney, State and Local Government: The Essentials, Wadsworth, →ISBN, page 241:
   • These taxaholic spendocrats see no end to your money. 2005, Alan S. Ferguson, The Dummy, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 299:

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taxaholic en · NOUN

Etymology

From tax + -aholic.

Meanings

1. (derogatory, informal) A person or government which institutes or supports excessive taxes.
   • The majority of taxaholics are particularly addicted to the most destructive taxes, being the taxes on capital. 2010 May 11, Richard W. Rahn, “Taxaholics”, in The Washington Times:
   • If you watch commercial television this month, you likely have seen a Bush-Cheney positive ad, possibly the one touting President Bush's No Child Left Behind education program, or a negative one that attacks Sen. John Kerry as either a flip-flopper, a taxaholic, or as soft on military issues. 2004 May 23, “'... and I approved this message'”, in Star Tribune:
   • The reason Canadians put us here was to voice their concerns and frustrations over the weight of a central government that is a tax and spend fanatic, a taxaholic. 2000, House of Commons Debates, numbers 75-84, page 5849:

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Relateds

taxocrat