There is a lot of fraud and the poor are doing very little of it.

MYTH: Welfare recipients commit a lot of fraud, at the expense of American working people.
FACT: Besides the fact that a lot of welfare recipients are American working people, a study in Massachuse­tts showed that vendors committed 93% of welfare fraud. This aspect of the welfare system drastically­y needs reform: it is harming recipients as well as taxpayers. But all of the political attention is on limiting the amount of money going to recipients­. And although the fraud by welfare vendors is terrible, it is a drop in the bucket compared to the burdens on the American taxpayer of military fraud, government waste, and corporate welfare. The Savings and Loan bailout alone cost $132 billion Welfare Fraud Stories committed Welfare Fraud or closely related crimes as a result of their ... health care fraud in the United States - more than half of it to organized crime

The poor have no voice because on many reasons ,one being the demise of ACORN, and other advocates that fight for and protect the poor. Can we really a Christian nation with  the largest Defense budget of all other nations combined.? Don't forget our 700 military bases and the fact that all major wars of this modern era were started by us.