You've not addressed the situation where (for example) one family manages their minimum wage income so well that they don't feel "hard-done-to" but another on exactly the same income and exactly the same situation have too much week left at the end of the money.

There have been many "working-class" people (really, everyone who works is "working-class"?) who seem to enjoy the same sort of life as others but also seem to accumulate substantial savings over their working life.

You don't have to be "mean" to do that but people who live within their means and manage their money properly are "quite comfortable" compared to those who fritter their money away.

Have a walk round on "bin day" and just look at what some people throw away.

An old saying was that you cut your coat to suit your cloth and if more people followed that line they'd be better off.