No, the poor are poor because they are not smart. If a smart person has a child before they finish college they figure out a way to make it work out for them. They come up with intelligent solutions to their problems and learn from their mistakes.
The Bell Curve was universally banned by most people but the book makes a great point that when you factor in IQ, blacks and whites have very similar incomes. The common denominator in poverty was IQ, not race.
If poor people work hard, they will succeed. They may not necessarily be an engineer working for IBM but they can make a lot of money as a plumber. Just ask Joe.