it's also a time honored tradition of the well-heeled monocle wearing classes to encourage the angry populous to blame the powerless and vulnerable. keeps people distracted from the real crime scene.
In case you haven't noticed, we don't have "classes" in this country the way they have existed in others for so many centuries. There, you were (are) born into classes, and there's almost zero chance to ever break out of that box and improve your position in society.
In America, we ARE the land of opportunity. If you need an example, look at President Obama. Born to an out of wedlock socialist woman and a polygamist foreigner. Raised as a Muslim in a foreign land. Educated at an Ivy League School in the US, and now he holds the most powerful position on Earth and has a net worth of over $12 million.
If you think the "monocle wearing classes" are some kind of club you can never join, you are wrong. Rather than complain about them, strive to be them. Then YOUR philanthropic world view can come to full fruition.
If you aren't trying to better yourself, don't sit around complaining it's because someone else is keeping you down.