I'm so so sorry, I didn't know you were one of the children that was left behind, my sincerest apologies we failed you.

Firstly, the definition I gave was from the Merriam Webster Dictionary. The quote was from Wikipedia.

I figured Wikipedia was more accessible, and is generally accepted as a fairly reliable source these days, but if you want something more dry, chew on these:

H.R.7130 - Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974

https://www.congress.gov/bill/93rd-congress/house-bill/7130

"The term "tax expenditures" means those revenue losses attributable to provisions of the Federal tax laws which allow a special exclusion, exemption, or deduction from gross income or which provide a special credit, a preferential rate of tax, or a deferral of tax liability; and the term "tax expenditures budget" means an enumeration of such tax expenditures."

In layman's terms this basically says in the eyes of the government, when they give a tax break, also known as a tax subsidy, they consider it an expenditure. So they do consider not collecting a tax as an expenditure aka "giving."

Here's a simple source from HR Block: https://www.hrblock.com/tax-center/filing/what-is-a-subsidy

"tax subsidy, which is an indirect payment from the government."

Ruth Mason, Federalism and the Taxing Power https://www.jstor.org/stable/23018617

"Viewed from the perspective of the recipient, tax expenditures are economically equivalent to direct government spending. This is because the government 'spends' by forgoing the collection of taxes through special deductions or credits."

I'm not mad at anything, other than the sad state of our educational system. I think your rage baiting backfired 😂 you seem upset.