That man is poor because

Every now and then, the socialist inside me kicks my thoughts and I wonder that the capitalists and their ideas have really taken this world into a carcass like situation. If only socialists were not anti-religious and atheists in their central philosophy, I would have had deep support for them. A beautiful song from the movie Aarti, penned by Majrooh Sultanpuri, composed by Roshan and rendered by Lata, focusses on the poor vs rich tussles.

bane ho ek Khaak se to duur kya qariib kyaa
lahuu ka ra.Ng ek hai amiir kyaa Gariib kyaa

wahii hai jaa.N wahii hai tan kahaa.N talak chhupaaoge
pahan ke reshamii liibaas tum badal na jaaoge
ke ek zaat hai.n sabhii to baat hai ajiib kyaa

*Gariib hai wo isliye* ke tum amiir ho gaye
ke ek baad_shaah hu_aa to sau fakiir ho gaye
Khataa ye hai samaaj kii bhalaa buraa nasiib kyaa

jo ek ho to kyuu.N na phir dilo.n kaa dard baa.NT lo
labo.n kii pyaas baa.NT lo, ruuho.n kii dard baa.NT lo
^lagaa lo sabako tum gale, habiib kyaa raqiib kyaa!^

Footnote:

* Forms the title of the post
^ It has a striking similarity to the philosophy of Bhakta Prahlad treatise in Shri Vishnu Puran.