Quote-O'-The-Day: Kleptocracy edition

By GottaLaff

"This is a party of kleptocracy."**
--Thom Hartmann, just now on Air America

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A kleptocracy (sometimes cleptocracy, occasionally kleptarchy) (root: klepto+kratein = rule by thieves) is a term applied to a government that extends the personal wealth and political power of government officials and the ruling class (collectively, kleptocrats) at the expense of the population.