taxaholic

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English

Etymology

From tax +‎ -aholic.

Adjective

taxaholic (comparative more taxaholic, superlative most taxaholic)

  1. (informal, derogatory) Having or supporting excessive taxes.
    • 1993 May 17, George F. Will, “The Energy-Tax Doily”, in The Baltimore Sun:
      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.
    • 2005, Alan S. Ferguson, The Dummy, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 299:
      These taxaholic spendocrats see no end to your money.
    • 2012, Ann O'M. Bowman, Richard C. Kearney, State and Local Government: The Essentials, Wadsworth, →ISBN, page 241:
      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.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:taxaholic.

Noun

taxaholic (plural taxaholics)

  1. (informal, derogatory) A person or government which institutes or supports excessive taxes.
    • 2000, House of Commons Debates, numbers 75-84, page 5849:
      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.
    • 2004 May 23, “'... and I approved this message'”, in Star Tribune:
      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.
    • 2010 May 11, Richard W. Rahn, “Taxaholics”, in The Washington Times:
      The majority of taxaholics are particularly addicted to the most destructive taxes, being the taxes on capital.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:taxaholic.

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