[dogscoff]

because they worked long hours, made huge personal sacrifices and took big risks along the way.

People justifying their wealth with 'personal sacrifices' means nothing to me. See someone else's post earlier about how a sacrifice isn't a sacrifice if you plan to get something back from it. They very deliberately chose to make the 'sacrifices', so they shouldn't whinge about them.

rich people f*cking over the lives of the poor. I do agree that some people get rich by cutting legal corners
sometimes,

I think the point is that many people f&ck over the poor without having to cut legal corners. There must be a zillion websites cataloguing corporate evils so I won't bother going into details here but try googling up a few sites against pharmaceutical companies or the tobacco industry. Mostly they shaft people within the law. (Although admittedly they'll often have to buy a politician first to get the laws re-written in their favour.)

but I also see that it comes back to haunt them

It's a nice thought, but I hardly ever see this. Mostly they just keep on getting away with it.