taxocrat

English

Etymology

tax +‎ -o- +‎ -crat

Noun

taxocrat (plural taxocrats)

1. (informal, derogatory) A politician or bureaucrat supporting excessive taxes or spending.
   • 1944, Tax Topics: The National Magazine of Tax Accounting, volumes 4-5, page 25:

     "What we don't want is government by "taxocrats", continually meddling with the competitive practices that brought us the highest living standards and the capacity to outfight and outproduce all regimented peoples" he declared.

   • 1979, Gary Allen, Tax Target: Washington, '76 Press (1979), →ISBN, page 157:

     To the old adage that nothing is certain in life except death and taxes, a new one can be added: If the taxocrats continue unchecked, we will all soon be taxed to death!

   • 1997 March 24, “Budget Amendment Would Raise Taxes”, in The Record, Bergen County, New Jersey:

     A federal balanced budget sounds good in political speeches, but in reality the idea is simply a taxocrat's dream, as it would become a constitutional order to cover all spending, even the unnecessary, deficit kind.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:taxocrat.

See also

• spendocrat
• taxaholic