The problem of being poor in a good country (having free education and healthcare) is not only in not being able to afford necessities or luxuries from time to

The problem of being poor in a good country (having free education and healthcare) is not only in not being able to afford necessities or luxuries from time to time, but about not having a base of capital on which to build on, not being able to do your own projects while being forced to pay rent to rich people, to fund their businesses with taxes, to help their economies through inflation and being forced to participate in their projects.