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wealth redistribution

Noun:

Robbing Peter to pay Paul. Essentially taking money in the form of taxation from one hard earning person and giving it to another person with less economic worth. A Socialist tenet often done in the name of equality, but usually done to gain favor with the poor, urban liberal voters. It is also known as the governments slush fund for funding social programs.
Business owner: Because of wealth redistribution, 40% of my income was taken from me and given to lazy, less fortunate people to sit at home. Now I cannot afford to hire the determined, less fortunate people who are actually looking for work.
by MK the Political Scientist March 14, 2010
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wealth care

Excellent health care reserved exclusively for the wealthy.
America has a wealth care system.
by Davis Finch May 17, 2008
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Wealth Inequality

When a CEO earns more than 300 times in a day what many of their workers earn in a year, or when the top 0.1% owns as much as the bottom 90% of the population.
The immoral wealth inequality is proof of pure hypocrisy by billionaires and CEOs, who never fail to point out that they’ll give away most of the wealth after their last heartbeat.
by Covido August 24, 2022
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wealthware

expensive but usually useless items for showing off
her office is littered with wealthware that intimidates visitors
by ahmed-jan April 15, 2008
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wealthie

The act of taking a picture (with your Leica, not your phone) of your wallet's contents or your ATM balance on the day before payday, to display how offensively rich you are.

The 'selfie' is no longer accepted currency as a measure of your self worth. The new expression of self worth is 'doing a wealthie'.
- Mate, did you see that wealthie Dave Newbold took?

- No mate.

- He must have had about eight hundred quid and a black Ammex in there blud.

- The cunt.
by Nigel Jennings May 13, 2014
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Wealthy

Something a Nigerian prince uses to describe a state of flushness
That chav there thinks he’s bear ‘wealthy ‘ doubt he’s actually rich
by MayaMarriott December 6, 2017
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non-material wealth

Non-material wealth is improvements that we have in our lives that our not easily counted and measured. The more non-material wealth we have in our life the better our quality of life is. Non-material wealth is not the the same thing as material wealth although they are both important for people.
Non-material wealth includes things like the declaration of human rights and the freedom to practice our religion.
by Filly Renaldi December 10, 2008
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