tax-and-spend
adjective[before noun]
POLITICS,TAXdisapprovingukusused todescribeaparty,government, etc. thatincreasestaxesinordertospendonpublicservices:
Thepartyhas toresistreturningto the tax-and-spendpoliciesof the past.
Republicans aretryingtopainttheDemocratas atax-and-spendliberal.