For years the greatest fear in a man's life was to be poor. It was about the worst thing that could happen. But gradually that's changing. In fact, nowadays, you can get subsidized housing, health and dental care, university scholarships and various other welfare benefits, provided you're poor enough to qualify. All you need to enjoy many of the advantages of life is proof that you are disadvantaged.
Nobody can complain about that.
It's human and kind. However, in curing poverty, society has created another problem group. And that's the middle class. Nobody wants to be middle class anymore because the middle class has an awkward amount of money-too much to be eligible to live as well as the poor, too little to live as well as the rich. And then he spends the rest of his life trying to pay his bills, educate the kids and meet the mortgage because nobody will help him out.