Eleanor Oakman: Chapter 3, Question 6

What I found really interesting in chapter three was when Wheelan brought up how the tax money the government has doesn't give it to the poor but they give it to middle class people with insurance and social security. I understand why they do this in the way that the government needs the middle class to keep safe (and working) but I also wished that they would give some of that money to the lower class. Where do they even get the money for lower class people who have insurance and social security. Or am I understanding this wrong? When people run for election they always say how important the working middle class is, first I thought it was because that was where they were hoping to get the majority of the votes to win. Now after reading chapter three I understand more, if we don't have the middle class the economy just doesn't work, there is a reason why the middle class is so important because if they stop working then both the upper and lower class can't function or get any assistance. This is one of the bigger this that I have learned through chapter three.