The article isn't about envying his lifestyle. It's about the outrage that he doesn't work, encourages others who don't work, all while punishing those who are productive. Like a distant king on a throne, he ignores the real issues in favor of giving perks to his friends... perks that come from taking from "we, the People". THAT is the galling aspect. It has nothing to do with wanting more concerts, golf outings, or vacations for ourselves.
(But good use of the word "screed"!)
Thank you for enunciating the topic of the lesson, but I was addressing its details. If the author just said what you did, there would be no article. What he said
on the way to he his main point is an expression, elaborate enough not to be accidental, of class envy. I have gone through the trouble of reproducing specific quotes to which I then replied; sorry you missed all of those.
You happen to confirm my last remark. Your eye did not pick any cause for alarm, because "going off" on the rich (who are all jerks, according to the author) is so normal. D--n the "fat cats," bankers, CEO crooks.
Which is why I said what I did: when "conservatives" don't have a problem with these Marxist mantra and even repeat them, it is little wonder that we have a neo-communist in the White House.