overtaxation
Too much taxation
Overtaxation is the condition of being taxed too heavily, or the practice of imposing excessive taxes.
The term implies a judgment that tax rates have crossed from reasonable to burdensome: Critics warned that overtaxation would drive businesses to other states.
What constitutes overtaxation depends entirely on political perspective—one person's fair share is another's confiscation.
Organized resistance to power
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- tea partyAfternoon refreshment gathering
- tax revoltRefusal to pay duties
evasion · noncompliance · boycott · uprising · petition · advocacy · lobbying · grassroots
Burden beyond capacity
- strainExcessive stretching force
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- overwhelmedDefeated by sheer volume
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
excessive · punitive · confiscatory · encumbrance · fatigue · pressure · stressed · overextended
Prolonged economic decline
- deficitAmount still owed
- inflationSustained price level increase
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- stagnationAbsence of flow or progress
capital flight · downturn · contraction · unemployment · bankruptcy · devaluation · insolvency · fiscal crisis
Oppressive, absolute governance
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- injusticeDenial of fair treatment
- despotismAbsolute one-person rule
authoritarianism · subjugation · repression · coercion · abuse · confiscation · expropriation · plunder
revolt
Organized resistance to power
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- tea partyAfternoon refreshment gathering
tax revolt · evasion · noncompliance · boycott · uprising · petition · advocacy · lobbying · grassroots · activism
overload
Burden beyond capacity
- strainExcessive stretching force
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- overwhelmedDefeated by sheer volume
crushing · excessive · punitive · confiscatory · encumbrance · fatigue · pressure · stressed · overextended · heavy
recession
Prolonged economic decline
- deficitAmount still owed
- inflationSustained price level increase
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
stagnation · capital flight · downturn · contraction · unemployment · bankruptcy · devaluation · insolvency · fiscal crisis · budget shortfall
tyranny
Oppressive, absolute governance
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- injusticeDenial of fair treatment
despotism · authoritarianism · subjugation · repression · coercion · abuse · confiscation · expropriation · plunder · extraction
overtaxationtax relief
Reduction in owed levies
tax-free status · tax exemption · tax cuts · tax breaks · tax amnesty
overtaxationtax cuts
Decreased government assessments
tax reduction · fiscal restraint · austerity · small government
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