It reads like some high school kid trying to be "rad".
They only want more money. After they have their homes, yachts and cars, they don´t buy more, only accumulate money.
Actually the "rich" are the ones more likely to spend their money on services, the kind that create jobs for others.
Someone once described the difference between the middle class and working class thus; that the working class paint other peoples houses during the week to earn money, the middle class paint their own house at the weekend to save money.
Most middle class families would not dream of having a maid, a gardener or a pool-man. They almost certainly won't have a decorator, personal trainer and won't hire an architect when doing some work on their house. Middle class people don't hire accountants (other then the simplest of year end tax preparation), financial advisors and lawyers. Yet the "rich" create just these kind of opportunities for others. Granted they do not do this out of the goodness of their heart, but see if the accountant, trainer, maid and pool-man care.
The middle class had struggle to buy a home and try to get it paid for.
With taxes taking 40% of their income, no wonder they struggle! They now pay more in taxes the housing, food, clothing and transportation combined. 75% of their local property tax and 40% of their state taxes go to pay for the government schools that would prefer to avoid.
They are not in competition to see how much money they can accumulate; only try to climb the ladder to a better job so that their families might have a better life.
Of course a "better job" generally means one that pays better, <sarcasm>so I guess they are just money grubbers like the rich after all.</sarcasm>
They told you wrong. The upper class is independently wealthy ---they can work like some of the Kennedys do but they don't have to. Middle class are all the people who need their paycheck, they work for an income, they work for their lifestyle which can be comfortable but when the paycheck stops, the lifestyle stops. There really isn't a difference between blue-collar and white-collar anymore ---blue collar types can make $50,000-70,000 a year and some white collar types are pulling in $20,000. The poor require charity, they don't make it on paychecks.