There will always be poor because poverty is relative. In a land of billionaires the millionaires are poor. In San Francisco $105,000 income a year is poverty.
Individuals making less than $105,000 classified as 'low income' in SF
Our poor are wealthy beyond the dreams of most of the world. We have the fattest and most overfed poor in the world. Our poor are so stuffed that they suffer from heart disease and diabetes.
If there are hungry children it's the fault of a caregiver. There is, EBT, WIC, AFDC, SNAP and DSNAP. That's followed by school feeding programs. It's not enough food. There are community food banks, charities and pantries. Our poor are so overfed that hunger is replaced by insecurity. The poor are food insecure. This means that a person does not have what they want and don't know when or how their needs will be fulfilled. When beggars of well over 200 pounds cries about hunger it's hard to take them seriously. This is a country where only the wealthy can afford to be thin.