The main problems with the economy are created by the rich
The evade taxation on an industrial scale
They commit fraud on an industrial scale
They vote in tax loopholes to benefit themselves
And mostly they are rich because of the accident of their birth rather than their ability and many cases the inherited wealth can be traced to a crime
Take George W Bush, an alcoholic, drug taking failed businessman who struggles with English.
Does anyone think that if he had been born into an unknown and poor family he would have gone to Harvard and become president?
The welfare state is a tiny correction of the theft of huge sums from the poor by the rich.
It is interesting that the self made millionaires like Buffet and Gates agree that the rich should pay their due and is nauseating the way the right con their half witted supporters into thinking this massively immoral system is fine and dandy