eed. With some government subsidizing, the food banks could meet the needs of the increased number of people who seek their services. Although it is probably impossible to achieve complete freedom from poverty, society need not sit idly by in the face of such a monumental challenge. Indeed, it is the public duty of each individual to aid in the improvement of the lives of poor persons around the nation and around the world. Large-scale, complex systems such as the one now in place in America, only serve to create an inefficient, costly effort that could be achieved with less manpower and fewer dollars. Government oversight and subsidizing of private contributions toward the elimination of poverty is a far more efficient, adaptive, and economical way of working toward the eradication of the problem of poverty. Bibliography Garfinkel, Irwin. Welfare, World Book Encyclopedia, World Book Inc., New York, Vol 21, pp. 191-193, 1988. Komisar, Lucy. Down and Out in the USA: A History of Public Welfare. Rev. ed. Watts, Chicago, 1977.Patterson, James. Americas Struggle Against Poverty, 1900-1980., Harvard Press, Boston, 1981. Segalman, Ralph. Poverty in America: The Welfare Dilemma, Greenwood, Los Angeles, 1981...
