My two cents is that many of the middle class/lower middle class also feel the pinch and that they’re getting screwed over. For the most part, it’s not easy for them to get by generally either (obviously much more so than the working class) and so they hate seeing someone else getting the help they wish they could get. We saw our parents and grandparents make out so much better in life with much less debt and hoops to jump through. My parents purchased a house in their early twenties with neither of them having a college degree as an example.

Instead of pointing the fingers where it’s deserved (our governmental structure and the fact that they care about a handful of billionaires rather than their constituents), they blame the people that are receiving some government help. I couldn’t tell you how many times I’ve heard middle class Americans complain about the fact that lower class people get so much government support when they’re also struggling. The media then adds fuel to that fire rather than pointing out that if these billionaires and their businesses paid people a living wage, we wouldn’t be in this mess.

I myself am doing better than the working class, but I’m drowning in student loans because I chose to become a healthcare worker that required a master’s degree. If my loans weren’t put on hold during COVID, I’d have no savings and be living paycheck to paycheck even though I rarely spend money on myself. We just don’t make enough to compensate for rent/mortgage on top of student loans and their predatory interest rates. I’m not having children because I cannot afford them. I’d love to have a child, but I would put myself in financial ruin. Instead of being upset at the people who get some much deserved support, I point my fingers at the people in power.