I believe there are people with the necessary character to be economically successful, but who have never had the economic opportunity to move beyond their basi

I believe there are people with the necessary character to be economically successful, but who have never had the economic opportunity to move beyond their basic needs and are therefore poor. I also believe there are people who have had many economic opportunities, but have squandered them, and are therefore poor. In the context of the adage "give a man a fish and he'll be fed for a day, teach him to fish and he'll be fed for life," one can expect cash given to the first group to be spent on fishing rods, while cash given to the second to be spent on fish. I find giving cash to the first group to be morally different than giving cash to the second group, and I suspect that poor Kenyan villagers are likely to belong to the first group, while beggars in wealthy developed countries are likely to belong to the second.