[ClockWorkAngel]

There's a rift in society that look upon poverty and the such in a different view than many people would like.

Take this example as an analogy; perhaps too "extreme" by some people's standards; drug abuse. Inorder to fix drug abuse you do not give the addict enough drugs so that he doesn't go off destroying himself in other ways to get money for him to get high, rather you try to rehabilitate the person. What poverty needs right now is a way to rehabilitate the people. There is a myriad of reason for when a person falls under the line, but the difference is that there are ones who fall under it and try to get over it; and others that simply don't.

Instead of simply giving them the bare minimal and telling them to shut up, if the government wants to deal with the impoverished, give them the ability to do so. Offer government sponsored courses or initiatives to get the people qualified or willing to work.

And at the end be ready to accept that you can't save them all, and for those; you'll have to keep helping. But it shouldn't be the first step that the government should be taking. Throwing money at a problem never makes it go away; it simply delays the time when you finally confront it.

Haiti is perhaps the second New Orleans people were waiting for. It might be guilt of some sort, or whatever it may be. People perhaps feel obligated to a point to contribute now when they failed to do so at New Orleans. I think Ron Paul got it right; its no time for other governments to come in and try to "straighten" the place up, you can't do that to every other country and expect them to become independent or recover. It just won't happen.