My business experiences have shown me the larger government becomes the worse the poor have it. For the government feeds the bureaucrats at the top who continually want to increase the budget not truly help the poor. If they could solve this problem they would be out of business. It becomes apparent that corruption and cronyism insures that the problem stays the same or actually increases. What also adds to the problem is that government has no competition so being efficient is a joke. Many a bureaucrat can continue to find ways to put more in their own pocket without helping the poor and usually the worst punishment they will face is losing this position. This procedure usually takes years with the unions having a strangle hold on these bureaucratic monsters. Here are some solutions (below) that change this cycle.
(1) SCHOOL VOUCHERS- Allow parents with guidance from a private sector advisor use government monies to find the best school for their children whether private, parochial, or public.
(2) WORK BENEFITS- Private Sector social workers will receive benefits for helping those less fortunate find the skills and jobs to lower their dependency on governmental strangle holds.
(3) LOCAL BUSINESSES- Give incentives for local businesses and community organizations to find solutions that work in their area to end the plight of poverty. Those on the ground no more then those in the sky.