100 years ago there was an identical battle over whether government should serve the rich, or the entire citizenry.
From A Far Country by the American author Winston Churchill, the lead character represents the rich, while a former college acquaintenance struggles to advocate for the majority of people in the community.
With the same words, the same thoughts as today, the advocate for the general public says:
"Politics are only conducted, now, for the lpurpose of making unscrupulous men rich, sir."
"They are on the side of the powerful, and the best of them are all retained by rich men and corporations. And what is the result? One of the worst evils, I think, that can befall a country. The poor man goes less and less to the courts."
"Eat or be eaten- - that's what enlightened self-interest has come to."
But trouble was brewing. As the 'hero' defending the rich noted, "We knew that the happy hunting-grounds are here and now, while the Reverend (minister) continued to assure the maimed, the halt and the blind that their kingdom was not of this world, that their time was coming later. Everybody should have been satisfied, but everybody was not."
Stay tuned.

Zillions of flowers in full bloom along the banks of the river.