It is fair to question the framing "many wealthy think the poor are lazy" because what the audience actually hears is "the majority of the wealthy think the poo

It is fair to question the framing "many wealthy think the poor are lazy" because what the audience actually hears is "the majority of the wealthy think the poor are lazy (and other people don't think that)" because otherwise the sentence wouldn't have singled out the wealthy. Is it really the majority? And if it is, is that belief limited to the wealthy or do the middle class also think that? What do the poor think?