Criticizing the poor

When I'm home on a Wednesday night I usually watch Criminal Minds which typically starts out with a quote by a well-known writer. Tonight's opening was this one:

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed.

-- Herman Melville

It moved me greatly. I wish it moved "the haves and the have-mores" that Bush claimed are his base.