granny tax
n.— «I have encountered the state of New York taxing the nursing home beds in what is referred to as the granny tax.» —“State hurts those who save their money” by Elizabeth Hiddenman Rice in Perry, Wyoming County Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, N.Y.) June 13, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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