You know how I define the economic and social classes in this country? The upper class keeps all of the money, pays none of the taxes. The middle class pays all of the taxes, does all of the work. The poor are there… just to scare the shit out of the middle class. Keep ‚em showing up at those jobs.

— George Carlin, amerikanischer Stand-Up Comedian, Schauspieler und Autor, 1937 – 2008