Because they started out too poor to have their money work for them?
there are people who started out poorer than me .... but probably nobody on this forum and that's the truth
I do understand what you're saying because I lived it. With nothing to work with, its harder, absolutely. But the opportunity IS there, and this country its attainable and real for people who really want it.
Born poor doesn't mean you gotta stay poor.
Here's a story for you. My mom was 1 of 8 ... her parents (my grandparents) never had nothing. Literally a 1 room house they all were born and raised in ( I own that house and the original 40 acres of homestead now and this winter I'm burning it to the ground ) ....2 died young, leaving 3 brothers and 3 sisters. They had nothing growing up - mom tells stories of catching crawdads and eating their tails, they found a dead owl once, and ate it. They'd wake on a winter morning with dusting of snow on their blankets. They had little - very little.
1 brother spent his life in and out of jail. Raped his daughter, got her pregnant, arson, spent years in jail. Worthless, has nothing, his kids have nothing to do with him
1 brother did well in backhoe/dozer business, 6 kids. He died in 1992, I don't remember him well - had hundreds of acres of lands and many assets when he died.
1 brother did well in backhoe/dozer business. Never had kids. He did a few months ago, covid .... had over 2 million in assets, left 100% to childrens hospital.
1 sister married a drunk, worked factory job, never had much more than that
1 sister married and was just a beach of a woman, died years ago from smoking/health issues of her own cause and never had much more than that.
1 sister was my mom - married, 2 kids, factory working, never had much
6 siblings - 2 exceled financially and 4 did not. 2 didn't stay poor, 4 did
Born poor doesn't mean you gotta stay poor