[gherkin0]

>> Treating someone differently because they have a lower income than others is discriminatory.

> Wealth is not a protected class; unlike gender, race, and religion, we don't have a legal mandate to avoid making decisions based on a person's wealth.

Discrimination and protected classes are two different concepts. It seems like you're arguing here that something shouldn't be thought of as discrimination because the discrimination isn't occurring against a legal "protected class." That's wrong. For one, we had unfair discrimination before we ever had "protected classes."