I'm just drawing a distinction. I would describe myself as an anti tax liberal.
Eh, I think both of those are silly framings. Nobody likes paying taxes.
I'm a "pro balanced budget" liberal, and that meant that throughout the Bush years I was saying "Hey, we're gonna have to pay for these tax cuts eventually", while simultaneously saying "Hey, let's cut defense and homeland security spending because at least 1/2 of it is BS that doesn't make us safer."
Not like I love the idea of paying more taxes, or of quote "big government" - I just give basic arithmetic a lot of respect.
Have you ever, once in your life, met someone who identified as a "pro-tax liberal"?
Didn't think so.