That's so wrong it is not even funny. People with some money can easily afford to have others take care of the drudgery of life for them, which means they have more time.
You don't have to line up because you send someone else to do it for you. It is only in very rare cases that you can't 'jump the line' if you have cash. (airports ? business class. shopping ? have the maid do it etc.).
It's true but most middle class can't afford to jump those lines (not many people I know can afford a maid..) ... so, as least, I guess only a few percentage of the richest can afford to skip the lanes...
I was really offended when I found out about things like flash passes or fast passes (http://www.sixflags.com/greatAmerica/tickets/flashpass.aspx) that let you either queue up for an additional price or just cut to the front of the line while poorer people have to wait.
There was just something about having such a class segmentation at a public, kid-oriented park that got to me.
Ermm, no, class segmentation is when you show up and say "My father is Lord so-and-so and I went to Eton" and they let you skip the queue. Or alternatively, being a member of the Party, Comrade.
Paying cash and getting what you want in a straight-up transaction is completely classless and 100% American.
There is a reason the American project is an ongoing experiment. There must be something in the human nature (hierarchical societal structure?) which leads some (many?) people to behaving like hogs. Egalitarianism requires constant work. If you stop, the experiment is over.
(Just one point where the American experiment may break.)
This whole thread is a side note, but I think it is relevant.
America wasn't founded on the concept of egalitarianism, that was an idea of the French revolution. America was founded on the idea of equality before the law (something that we are still working on).
Equal rights were (and are) a fundamental idea for the US, egalitarianism less so. However, the anti-aristocratic feelings were strong. Recall, for example, that the titles were easily abolished.
Certainly monarchist ideas were easily eliminated and equal rights were a fundamental idea, but aristocratic thought was not uncommon among the Founding Fathers. The split between the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists was often worded in aristocratic language. The people were split pretty evenly between pro, anti, and indifferent to the Revolution.
You don't have to line up because you send someone else to do it for you. It is only in very rare cases that you can't 'jump the line' if you have cash. (airports ? business class. shopping ? have the maid do it etc.).