[Zuben Elgenubi]

and the middle class gets bupkis (practically nothing)

I'd like to know how Babs has any clue about the middle class or bupkis. She certainly is so far removed from both.

[usurper]

I'd like to know how Babs has any clue about the middle class or bupkis.

I am sure she has an army of bumpkins servicing her every need. As for the middle class I am quite sure she does not pay those kind of wages.