I disagree. Go to a homeless shelter sometime and see for yourself.
i have and i give to one of them regularly but the people there arent poor when you compare them to the poor of 3rd world countries, they are only considered poor in a country as wealthy as the USA. they are fed, have shelter and have access to welfare here (which they dont even have to work for). and many of them have belongings too, not so in 3rd world countries. the US government has raised the bar as to what people here consider poor soooo, to paraphrase the Bible, "there will always be poor" because as the poor get wealthier the definition of poor will change to someone of higher wealth and that is why there are poor people (we grade on the curve).