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tax-and-spend
adjective[ before noun ]
POLITICS, TAX disapprovingukus
used to describe a party, government, etc. that increases taxes in order to spend on public services:
The party has to resist returning to the tax-and-spend policies of the past.
Republicans are trying to paint the Democrat as a tax-and-spend liberal.
tax and spend
verb[ I ]
POLITICS, TAX disapprovingukus
to make government policies that increase taxes in order to spend on public services:
The party promises not to tax and spend.
tax and spend
noun[ U ]
After 18 years of public sector cutbacks, voters were ready for the return of tax and spend.
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