[lawnchair_larry]

The reason that lower and middle class people are not more effective at taking rich people's money is because if they were effective at taking money, they would not be lower and middle class. They are lower and middle class because they are effective at other things that have nothing to do with taking money.

[d4nt]

Perhaps I should have phrased the question as "why have the lower and middle classes become relatively less effective at taking rich people's money in recent years".

[OnlineCourage]

This is a tautological explination which adds absolutely nothing to the discussion. Yes we all understand that A = A.

[brianwawok]

I found it much more helpful than this reply.