Too often our taxes end up in the pockets of those who help themselves to our taxes. I think not. In spite of whatever abuses can be reported, there are still those who need our help, our time and attention, and YES our money. Regardless of what our government does or does not do, regardless of federal or state government irresponsibilities, the Church cannot be Christ's Church and ignore the poor among us. What about those who are impoverished in ignorance.
Poverty is the lack of ability to access power.
The uneducated are poor - they are often held in an iron grip of poverty by their lack of knowledge and skills. Those who totally lack any sense of moral values, who have no moral and ethical framework in which to judge human actions are likewise victimized and powerless. They are morally out of control and live lives bordering on chaos. Then, too, there are those who have no one to love them, no one to care for them, no one to befriend them. Think of the grinding poverty of heart and spirit they must endure.