"Poverty" (however one chooses to define it) will not be wiped out, no matter how hard mankind tries to do it. All we can do is help those in need.
Real help includes teaching them employable skills and giving them short term assistance in an emergency. It does NOT mean working to get them addicted to the public dole.
Exactly. I support the idea of a social safety net. But the safety net should not become a hammock.