public spending

noun

1. expenditure by central government, local authorities, and public enterprises

Example Sentences

On issues such as economic regulation, public spending, and taxes, libertarians tend to roll with the conservative right.

From The Daily Beast

Conservatives oppose public spending to ease the hardship of poor women, cutting funds for food stamps and housing assistance.

From The Daily Beast

Public spending on a baseball stadium, football stadium and an arena is a proven financial failure and bad public policy.

From The Daily Beast

The chamber has long supported substantial public spending on infrastructure.

From The Daily Beast

But the other half of the equation, public spending, negates much of that progressivity.

From The Daily Beast

It has stopped public over-borrowing and has put some check on extravagance of public spending.

From Project Gutenberg

But great as our tax burden is, it has not kept pace with public spending.

From Project Gutenberg