Comment by your-nanny

But rich people largely advocate against policies that favor poor people, like generous welfare and equitable taxation. Rich people advocate for policies that protect their status and the value of their properties and investments. They advocate against redistributive inheritance taxes, so that their own children continue to have enormous advantages over anyone else. They advocate policies that guarantee they can continue to extract wealth from rents rather than productive avtivities, dragging down the economic well being of all. And the rich are more likely to cheat on their taxes, try to bribe officials, or flat out disregard the law. And the rich have disproportionate power to do so, and work very hard to make it stay that way.