If we look at the top and the bottom of the wealth scale, the ones at the top cost us the most, and by that factor alone do way more damage to the country, than people at the bottom. However the only fixes we see or hear about seem to include reducing the services/funds of the people at the bottom.

It's a nonsensical approach to a societal problem. The money wasted at the top takes money from infrastructure repairs and community investment, which in turn creates jobs for people at the bottom. Until we tackle the problems with tax avoidance then I have no interest in waging a war on the poor to ensure we get the minority of a minority of scroungers.