This division is the Corporatists and Oligarchs vs. the Communalists and Individualists, or in medieval terms the Landed Gentry vs. the Serfs. 'Those-That-Have' intend to erect road-blocks to prevent 'Those-Of-Us-That-Don't-Have' from acquiring the means to rise above the Stations in Life we were born to -- both legally and extra-legally.
Strange Bed-Fellows indeed. Mexico is the perfected paradigm of that society; the Haves in total control of the Have-Nots, with a very small Middle Class.
Also the reason for the income tax.