sometimes we say they should work harder and quit doing drugs and eat healthier and quit smoking, etc, etc, etc. but is that really their problem with being poor? wasting money. i ask this as related to health care.
I don't think they have more vices, because vices cost money, so when you have less money, you spent less on vices.
The problem is the poor have less money, so they cannot eat as good a diet as others, they cannot afford three meals a day, adequate protein, or organic food. They look fat because they eat a lot of pasta and cereal to fill hungry stomachs.
Smoking does nothing positive for anyone except the tobacco industry, providing money, jobs. The cost in health issues should negate we just ban this fillty habit. It pollutes the air that others breathe.
Drugs help people cope with their emotions, injustices they face in this life. The Wall Street trader has enough money to support his coke, Starbucks habits, the poor person just smokes to feel more peaceful and alert.
The vices of the poor are more noticeable than others, but do they really have more? I don't think so.