Joseph, Mary's husband, wasn't some poor outcast. You don't pay taxes unless you have money - then and now! David was a man after God's heart. And to go through the eye of the needle means that an animal knows his Creator and it is easier for an animal to go into Holiness because he knows his Creator! There are plenty of men who had great wealth in heaven, I hope you get to meet some of them.
Did those men attain their wealth from the poor?