单词 | to tax and spend |
释义 | > as lemmasto tax and spend intransitive. Politics (originally U.S.). to tax and spend: to increase or collect taxes for the purpose of increasing public spending; to pursue a policy of tax-and-spend. Cf. tax-and-spend n. and adj.The collocation of the two verbs was perhaps strengthened by the alleged declaration of H. L. Hopkins in quot. 1938. ΚΠ 1928 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 22 662 Their theory holds the bolder implications of fiscal reform through taxing and spending. 1936 D. G. Yorkey in Cornell Law Q. June 630 (title) Validity of agricultural adjustment act: extent of congressional power to tax and spend for the general welfare. 1938 A. Krock in N.Y. Times 13 Nov. iv. 3/2 Administrator Harry L. Hopkins became the spokesman to a group at the Yonkers (not Saratoga) racetrack: ‘We will spend and spend, tax and tax, elect and elect.’] 1969 H. Holloway Polit. Southern Negro iii. 45 Some even condemned Mississippi Democrats..as ‘populistic’ in their willingness to tax and spend. 1999 Independent 1 July ii. 3/1 Those most unashamed of taxing and spending among the Liberal Democrats happen also to be those least keen on co-operation with New Labour. < as lemmas |
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