"I cant afford to make idle people merry" (stave 1 - Scrooge)

. This is what Scrooge says to the charity workers, as he refuses to give to charity . Adjective "idle" reveals scrooge believes the poor are to lazy and that's why they are in the position which they are in . This was also the rich peoples views on the poor in Victorian times, because poor people were made to look to be lazy and as a punishments workhouse environments were bad