I do not understand why persons worth is measured in personal income, without including expenses, child support, taxes and negative externalises such as damaged health. Company can include all sort of expenses and pay zero taxes, lowly employee can not even put gas into expenses.

It leads to absurd situations, where person has actual negative income (has to borrow money to get by), but on paper is "very rich". But millionaire with couple of properties can claim hardship and ask for social welfare.