taxaholic

taxaholic

English

Etymology

tax +‎ -aholic

Adjective

taxaholic (comparative more taxaholic, superlative most taxaholic)

1. (informal, derogatory) Having or supporting excessive taxes.
   • 1993, George F. Will, "The Energy-Tax Doily", The Baltimore Sun, 17 May 1993;

     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.

   • 2005, Alan S. Ferguson, The Dummy, AuthorHouse (2005), →ISBN, page 299:

     These taxaholic spendocrats see no end to your money.

   • 2012, Ann O'M. Bowman & Richard C. Kearney, State and Local Government: The Essentials, Wadsworth (2012), →ISBN, page 241:

     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.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:taxaholic.

Noun

taxaholic (plural taxaholics)

1. (informal, derogatory) A person or government which institutes or supports excessive taxes.
   • 2000, House of Commons Debates, Issues 75-84, page 5849:

     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.

   • 2004, "'... and I approved this message'", Star Tribune, 23 May 2004:

     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.

   • 2010, Richard W. Rahn, "Taxaholics", The Washington Times, 11 May 2010:

     The majority of taxaholics are particularly addicted to the most destructive taxes, being the taxes on capital.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:taxaholic.

See also

• taxocrat