Just because you don't like the facts, doesn't make them idiotic.
I've known a lot of people who have gone through some bad times. They got past them. A critical fact that is routinely covered up is that the majority of those under the poverty level in the U.S. are there temporarily. It's not always the same people year after year in the bottom percentiles.
But for those that are part of a chronic, multi-generational poverty, there is a cultural and even a moral element that is a major factor in this. There are a lot of statistics on this.
That you don't like to hear this doesn't make it untrue. I don't agree with Ayn Rand on some things, but on a lot of things, she was right.