Oh, And...

Fred Clark (Slacktivist) quotes St. John Chrysostom (who is problematic in other areas) on the gulf between rich and poor:

… On the other hand, you question very closely the poor and the miserable, who are scarcely better off in this respect than the dead: and you do not fear the dreadful and the terrible judgment seat of Christ. If the beggar lies, he lies from necessity, because your hardheartedness and merciless inhumanity force him to such cheating. … If we would give our alms gladly and willingly, the poor would never have fallen to such depths.

(I admit I am not as good at this as I should be.)