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0 pointszht3y ago0 comments

this is a bit pedantic I think it is okay to say "tax dollars" in general.

I don't think you would generally expect people to say "tax euros" or "tax pounds" or "tax yen"

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Warputin3y ago· 2 in thread

“Tax money” could work?

"Tax-payers' money" is often used in the UK as an equivalent

“Taxes” is all that is required

> the fix was spending a lot of tax dollars to replace it?

Reads fine as

> the fix was spending a lot of taxes to replace it?

pjc503y ago

> I don't think you would generally expect people to say "tax euros" or "tax pounds" or "tax yen"

Depends which country you're in. It would be very weird for UK politicians to start talking about tax dollars, for example.

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