ethics officer — n. A corporate official who monitors the ethical conduct of employees. Example Citation: One former ethics officer said one ethics program failed to catch on at a company whose married president was dating his secretary. It made the whole message … New words
Tax — Taxation An aspect of fiscal policy … Wikipedia
Corporate tax — Taxation An aspect of fiscal policy … Wikipedia
avoision — (uh.VOY.zhun) n. The gray area of ambiguous acts that fall between legal avoidance and illegal evasion of the law s proscriptions. adj. Example Citations: Inheritance tax does not leave the rich dazzled in the headlights of their own mortality.… … New words
starve the beast — v. To cut taxes with the intent of using the reduced revenue as an excuse to drastically reduce the size and number of services offered by a government. starve the beast n., adj. starving the beast n., pp. starve the beaster n. Example Citations … New words
shift and shaft — v. To shift programs to a lower level of government without providing the means with which to pay for those programs. shift and shaft n. shift and shaft adj. Example Citations: The Colorado Municipal League s Sam Mamet coined the term shift and… … New words
moral luck — (MOHR.ul luk) n. The principle that the perceived morality of a person s actions sometimes depends on luck or chance. Example Citation: Kant sought to make morality as pure and disconnected as possible from the vagaries of circumstance and… … New words
Culture (General) — Culture General after party agnotology Anglosphere anti anti American atomic sit ups audism backstory badge ball … New words
Lexus liberal — (LEKS.us lib.uh.rul) n. A person who is liberal in words but not in deeds. Example Citation: Last week the Supreme Court [of Canada] resoundingly affirmed the rights of pregnant Canadian women to liberty and autonomy. Women s groups… … New words
Politics — astroturf attack fax Baracknophobia birther blue hot Bork businesscrat celeb … New words
