I think you might find this interesting: http://www.radiolab.org/story/radiolab-presents-media-busted-americas-poverty-myths/ http://www.radiolab.org/story/rad

I think you might find this interesting: http://www.radiolab.org/story/radiolab-presents-media-busted-americas-poverty-myths/ http://www.radiolab.org/story/radiolab-presents-media-busted... A few logical fallacies to your point: - People without healthcare are charged more for healthcare as they are unable to negotiate bulk rates for care and medication. - The system is setup in a way that people who live day-to-day are unable to respond to life-events such as a car accident or a death of a income generating family member. They live hanging by a thread. - It costs more to be a poor person. You can't buy things in bulk or pay by the quarter/year for things at a discount. - poor people eat less-healthily, and have less free time to excercise. This leads to poorly health outcomes (the aggregate stats don't lie). - "poor decisions" often come from education. poor people live in neighborhoods where their ability to learn other life skills but surviving is limited a(critical thinking, long term planning etc) and the public education on offer leads to poorer outcomes.