And the really amazing part of this is that they probably honestly believe it.
Poverty is a state of mind, much more than a matter of cash availability.
Lacking the necessary critical thinking to make the financial decisions to economize in one facet of life, to support other facets held to be of importance, the blame is put on “lack of sufficient income”.
Consider the plight of the millionaire winner of the lottery.
Within only a year or so, many of these “winners” are bankrupt, owing debts sometimes far in excess of whatever their “winnings” were.
Most people do not have experience with handling more than small amounts of money at a time, and when their fantasies are met, their expectations expand at an even greater rate than their potential for additional income.
Getting and keeping wealth is a learned skill, and not everybody is an apt student.