Luxon

[Lilith7]

if you have a job you are not a bottom feeder, all work is noble.
if you are a senior citizen you are not a bottom feeder, youve done your bit
if you are learning you are not a bottom feeder, you are going to add value to society.

to me a bottom feeder is not someone at the bottom, a bottom feeder is someone who preys on those at the bottom.

The term is used so widely, it can be difficult to work out who is meant. When a politician uses it though, that generally means that yet again a politician who has never known a day's hardship in his/her life, is targeting those on low incomes.