&gt;the original poster gives a reason he thinks poor people don&#x27;t exercise (because they are working too hard)<p>The original poster did not claim that. The poster claimed that they would be restricted in how much energy could be expended elsewhere due to the amount energy expended acquiring income.<p>&gt;behaviors and attitudes that encourage poverty<p>Such as? I&#x27;m not sure lazy and sloppy are really behaviors or attitudes. They seem to just be your subjective judgement of someone else.<p>Behaviors and attitudes that encourage poverty are probably those that inhibit learning.