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taxer and spender, n.
Brit. |ˈtaksə (ə)n(d) ˈspɛndə|, U.S. |ˈtæksər (ə)n(d) ˈspɛndər|
[‹ taxer n. + and conj.1 + spender n.2, after to tax and spend at tax v. Additions Compare tax-and-spender n. at tax-and-spend n. and adj. Derivatives.]
A person or agency with the power to raise taxes and undertake public spending; (now usually) spec. = tax-and-spender n. at tax-and-spend n. and adj. Derivatives.
1962H. G. Johnson Canada in Changing World Econ. 49 The presence of government as a taxer and spender and as a major debtor tends by itself to reduce the rate of economic growth below the socially optimal rate. 1986R. C. Leone in J. Moore Campaign for President iv. 153 It was clear Mondale would be attacked by the Republicans as a taxer and spender. 1999Independent 1 July ii. 3/1 The irony is that there is almost certainly a higher proportion of Tribune-friendly taxers and spenders in the Liberal Democrat party than there are in New Labour. |