"Tax and spend" is a term used in politics meaning government policy to increase or collect taxes for the purpose of increasing public spending.[1] The term is commonly used as criticism;[2] some have embraced the label.[3][4]
The 1936 United States Supreme Court case United States v. Butler grappled with the question of the constitutionality of tax and spend policy in the United States, with the Court majority concluding that "the power to tax and spend includes the power to relieve a nationwide economic maladjustment by conditional gifts of money"..[5]
- ^ "tax and spend". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
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- ^ McLaughlin, Seth. "2020 Democrats embrace 'tax-and-spend liberals' label, expand wish list". The Washington Times. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
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- ^ "United States v. Butler". UNITED STATES v. BUTLER et al. Cornell Law. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
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