War on Poverty... Skirmishes with Wealth

Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me, lest I be full and deny you and say, “Who is the Lord?” or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God. 

Proverbs 30:8-9

Just started reading Robinson Crusoe.  In the very beginning, Crusoe recounts the advice his father gave him... that to be poor is to be exposed to the miseries, hardships, labours, and sufferings of life, while to be rich is to be embarrassed by pride, luxury, ambition, and envy.  Both beggar and king, for different reasons, wish for sustenance that is sufficient, but no more and no less.