Super important edit from above. I organized it originally wrongly. Here's the fix:

Today's market is intervened so heavily in by government that there are many huge industries where the poor and middle class have valuable skills that others want to purchase but they can't because the costs are too high and those with the skill and desire to produce don't even engage the market. What this leaves behind is a situation where only the wealthy can engage in the market because they're the only ones that can afford the high costs.