spendthrift

Example Sentences

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Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer pushed through legislation on Thursday waiving the nation’s debt limit until January 2025, overcoming obstacles put up by defense hawks, conservative spendthrifts, and even environmentalist Democrats.

From Washington Times

But explicit taxes are politically unpopular, and many citizens wouldn’t approve of excessive government spending if they simultaneously had to pay high taxes to finance their spendthrift government.

From Washington Times

The last was in 1821, for the rotund, spendthrift George IV. One of the reasons it was the last?

From Los Angeles Times

Here’s what typically happens to spendthrifts who clear their debt.

From Washington Post

Fiscal hawks have called for the Japanese government to walk back its monetary policies, which they argue have provided too little bang for the buck and turned the government into a spendthrift.

From New York Times