I don't think that's true – look at your average Wall Street first generation finance bro, I don't think they can understand the plight of the single mother clipping coupons to scrape by.
If someone who grew up poor or middle class cannot understand once they've gotten financially stable, then who the hell can?
I would prefer to vote for the person who grew up in poor/difficult circumstances and managed to succeed (in some way) despite those circumstances, over someone who grew up in the same poor circumstances and couldn't figure out how to make it.
Which person is better equipped to help people help themselves? The one who did it? or the one who couldn't figure out how to do it?
wut?