A common misconception is that those in poverty are focused too much on the present to effectively plan for the future, and that is why they are poor. If they were better at planning for potential problems, their impact would not be so devastating. What is the BEST argument against this point?

The best counterargument is that poverty can make the present so unstable that people have little ability to plan ahead. When someone is facing urgent needs or unpredictable problems, focusing on what must be handled now may be necessary rather than a failure to plan. So the claim that poor people are poor simply because they do not plan well overlooks how precarious their circumstances can be. Choice C states this directly.

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