Kleptonomy is a system of capitalism where the rich steal from the middle class and the poor and call this a good thing. To achieve kleptonomy, taxes are
cut and social programs eliminated. Also, a kleptocracy is firmly established with the rich, to whom being rich requires any means necessary to amass additional wealth. Enough is never enough.
Similar to Kleptocracy, which is a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves. (
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Our governor is espousing a kleptonomy by taxing the pensions of state retirees in order to balance the state
budget, decreasing money for education and the
poor, and providing
tax cuts for the rich.