“The United States is one of the richest countries in the world. It is also one of the most unequal.”
Our poor, thanks to welfare, also rank about 80th percentile in world incomes.
Complaining “the top of his boat is much higher than mine!” is mere covetousness when the tide has lifted yours over the sandbars which most other boats were wrecked on.
Only in America are the poor given housing, food, subsidies for everything, "free" cable tv, internet access, healthcare and more.
Show me the poor in other countries who receive the same.