Who&#x27;s making excuses? Poor people often come from poor cultures -- ones that don&#x27;t place value on things like jogging in the morning. That&#x27;s just a fact, it isn&#x27;t an excuse or a statement about personal control. And we, as a society, have the ability to influence both individual behavior and culture, so it doesn&#x27;t even matter which one you want to assign blame to.