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单词 tax-and-spend
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Definition of tax-and-spend in US English:

tax-and-spend

noun
  • A policy, usually associated with the political left, of increasing taxes in order to fund an increase in government spending.

    as modifier they remain committed to their tax-and-spend philosophy
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But, unlike on the economy and tax-and-spend, Labour has found it hard to pull the home affairs policy strands into an effective policy narrative.
    • Whether you like tax-and-spend liberals or borrow-and-spend conservatives, all offer plenty of goodies to foster small business growth.
    • This rhetoric disguises the very corrosive effect that tax-and-spend, together with ever increasing regulation, is having on the economy.
    • In what is looking increasingly like a significant break with the postwar tax-and-spend welfare state, some traditionally hesitant politicians are starting to enact pro-growth policies.
    • The Chancellor remains popular with the Labour faithful because he is seen to be keener than the Prime Minister on tax-and-spend.
verb
[no object]
  • Implement a policy of raising taxes in order to increase spending.

    you can't tax-and-spend your way to prosperity
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A government can't tax and spend its way out of a recession.
 
 

Definition of tax-and-spend in US English:

tax-and-spend

noun
  • A policy, usually associated with the political left, of increasing taxes in order to fund an increase in government spending.

    as modifier they remain committed to their tax-and-spend philosophy
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But, unlike on the economy and tax-and-spend, Labour has found it hard to pull the home affairs policy strands into an effective policy narrative.
    • Whether you like tax-and-spend liberals or borrow-and-spend conservatives, all offer plenty of goodies to foster small business growth.
    • This rhetoric disguises the very corrosive effect that tax-and-spend, together with ever increasing regulation, is having on the economy.
    • In what is looking increasingly like a significant break with the postwar tax-and-spend welfare state, some traditionally hesitant politicians are starting to enact pro-growth policies.
    • The Chancellor remains popular with the Labour faithful because he is seen to be keener than the Prime Minister on tax-and-spend.
verb
[no object]
  • Implement a policy of raising taxes in order to increase spending.

    you can't tax-and-spend your way to prosperity
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A government can't tax and spend its way out of a recession.
 
 
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