You're making a giant leap between getting out of poverty and becoming a business executive. Most people don't aim to manage other people, they're happy doing whatever they want to do (doctor, nurse, teacher, whatever) while not having to worry about having their basic needs met (food, shelter, similar). Can they achieve that under our current system?
"Those who want to break out and go get things done, will find no excuses."
Bullshit. Many people are constrained by things they cannot control.
No doubt. Things out of your control are not excuses.
What things are truly within your control?
For one poverty. I believe it is in your control to crawl yourself out of poverty, may be not in childhood but in your high school or once you turn 18. Am not saying everyone should become rich but you don't have to be poor.
Your mind is in your control. Keeping your body and brain healthy is in your control but for medical conditions though.
Bartz for instance "Bartz was born in Winona, Minnesota. After losing her mother at a young age, she moved with her brother to her grandparent's farm in Alma, Wisconsin. She took a job at a bank at age 15 to help support her family. Good grades in high school earned her a scholarship to William Woods, a prestigious all-girls college in Missouri. She transferred to the University of Wisconsin-Madison and worked her way through college as a waitress. In 1971, she earned her degree in computer science."
Being poor can work as the single most powerful force for people to get out of poverty and pursue their dreams.
Not to be rude, but for those who want to find excuses will find excuses. Those who want to break out and go get things done, will find no excuses.