How did you reach your conclusion that simply paying people to not be in official poverty, will not work? Unemployment compensation already exists. It could be that simple in our political-economy for anyone who professes to have morals that would allow eliminating official poverty in our republic even it if mean paying some people to simply pursue Happiness like it says in our social contract.

I can agree with you that third world, Capitalist countries cannot afford to eliminate poverty. We do not have a third world, Capitalist economy, but a first world socialized economy.