As Christians, we are not to take our views from popular opinion, political statement, the pleas of charities, or even the apparently theological arguments of Christian organisations. We are to take our views only from God's word. Much nonsense is spoken by well-meaning Christian organisations who 'help the poor' and who suggest that we ought to help all poor people at all times. This, though, does not agree with scripture. God tells us a lot about the poor, so we will confine ourselves to sample portions.
Charities tend to almost deify all poor, regardless of their lifestyles and beliefs.
Christ Himself tells us there is virtue neither in being rich or in being poor - they are just two different states of existence. What really matters is the spiritual state of the rich and the poor. Using terms known to the Jews, we are not to harvest all the grapes in the vineyard, nor are we to harvest all the wheat from the field. The same men despise the poor and claim that they are poor because it is 'their own fault'. It has nothing to do with their intelligence, or their willpower, or their use of cash.