Our leaders as of late have been "Robin Hoods". The difference being that they steal from the people.
Think about what Jefferson said at his first inaugural address:
"A wise and frugal government ... shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government."
-- Thomas Jefferson
We haven't had "good government", according to Jefferson, in a VERY LONG time.