tax hike
Higher government levy
A tax hike is an increase in taxes.
The phrase appears constantly in political discourse, where opponents of tax increases favor the blunter, more alarming *hike* over neutral terms like *increase* or *adjustment*: The governor promised no new tax hikes.
The term frames taxation as a burden being raised rather than revenue being collected.
- levyCompulsory government charge
- surchargeExtra fee added
- increaseGrowth in amount
- raiseLift or increase
- budget shortfallInsufficient funds for expenditures
tariff · bracket creep · surge · imposition · economic burden · duty · assessment · government spending · protest movement · read my lips · election year · pocketbook issue · VAT · fiscal policy · customs duty · sticker shock · surtax · increment
- price increasesfee increase, premium increase, inflation, price surge, markup
- economic policymonetary policy, fiscal discipline, fiscal stimulus, fiscal restraint, tariff
- policiespolicy, act, code of conduct, workplace policies, public policy
- costsdirect cost, fixed cost, variable cost, total cost, actual cost
- fiscal crisesdebt crisis, budget crisis, fiscal crisis, fiscal emergency, budget deficit
- government actionslaws, policies, presidential decree, resolution, mandates
tax hiketax cut
Legislated decrease in levy
tax reduction · tax relief · lower taxes · tax break · tax rebate
tax hikespending cut
Reduction in expenditures
austerity measures · fiscal restraint · deregulation · privatization
tax, hike, taxes, taxed, taxing, taxation, taxable, hikes, hiked