There were some great comments on this question, and there is no straight answer, as these things are so many times correlated... To take some unserious note, maybe we are poor because we want to be more knowledgable... :) Or, vice-versa... :)

As I do believe in the power of the wish... If you want something, focus, and work on it, you will get it at the end... I would like to have money, but it looks that I move my focus to other things, and in my "deeper me" I actually want something else... :)

Have a great weekend!