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taxaholic

taxaholic adjective: having or supporting excessive taxes.

Adjective

taxaholic (comparative more taxaholic, superlative most taxaholic)

  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
    • These taxaholic spendocrats see no end to your money.2005, Alan S. Ferguson, The Dummy, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 299

Noun

taxaholic (plural taxaholics)

  1. (derogatory, informal) A person or government which institutes or supports excessive taxes.
    • 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
    • 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

Examples of taxaholic in a sentence

  • 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:
  • 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:

Forms of taxaholic

Adjective
comparativemore taxaholic
superlativemost taxaholic
Noun
pluraltaxaholics

Origin of taxaholic

From tax + -aholic.

Questions about taxaholic

What does taxaholic mean?
Taxaholic means having or supporting excessive taxes.
How do you use taxaholic in a sentence?
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.
What part of speech is taxaholic?
Taxaholic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near taxaholic in the dictionary

  1. taxables
  2. taxably
  3. taxaceous
  4. Taxachusetts
  5. taxadiene
  6. taxaholic
  7. taxaholics
  8. taxameter
  9. taxameters
  10. Taxandrian
  11. taxane

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