edit: I don't want to hurt anyone's feeling or its not my intention. Having lived in 3 counties , including US and two poor asian countries, I can say that social support & services are far better in US. Though food stamp may not be sufficient considering various point , they do provide at least some support. I also worked with 1000+ people spending my weekends helping them to find jobs , rather disappointed to find hard way that many, if not all, don't want to get come out of poverty cycle.
Again I am coming from global prospective so might have different look than what you propose.
