Class complications in US: the middle seem themselves as potentially wealthy (Opinion)

The Detroit News - Commentary: no room in America for class warfare

A problem with a 'rich against poor' class-struggle populism in America is that those in the lower and working class see themselves as possibly succeeding and becoming rich. Adherence to this idealogy can commit one to an unwillingness to raise taxes on the wealthy and redistribute it. In this opinion, the wealthy are equated to the successful, those who have 'earned' their money and have a straightforward claim to it.