While we have a duty to help those that need it with their "physical needs," those physical needs are grossly inferior to the individuals' spiritual needs.  As Jesus said, "the poor will always be with you."  

BTW...  "Poor is a subjective term, a millionaire, living on a street full of billionaires, is "poor" buy their standards.  I all reality, there are no "poor people" living in the USA; the US's so called "poor" are in the top 10 standards of living in the world.  Their biggest healthcare problem isn't starvation or malnutrition, it is obesity and all the ills that come with it - from diabetes to arthritis.  

You're not "loving God's children when you ignore their spiritual needs to take are of their earthly needs.  Nobody will go to hell because we have "poor people" but many will go to hell because peoples' spiritual needs were never met.