I agree that the stupidity is close to poverty. The fool is usually lazy to think intelligently, so he/she can not get ahead. So that his/her life can not change, he/she will continue to be poor. While the poors are also close to ignorance, because to be clever it needs money. But I do not agree if the poor are stupid. Many poor people are actually clever, but most of them are less exposed. Many who once were poor now become rich, because they are clever and willing to change their destiny.