>But if education is the key to get out of poverty, how is the gov't going to force you to apply yourself at school or even to go to school? What is the drop out rate? Can the gov't force you to go to class and learn something?
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>If strong family is a key to escape poverty, how are you going to enforce that? Have Hollywood produce only family friendly movies and programs? Perhaps Outlaw MTV/VH1?
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>Please don't tell me that minorities are been kept away from schools/Universities and jobs.

From the better ones only.

IMO, there's no way out of having the poor, as long as we have a lessez-faire capitalism and unrestrained corporations. The powers that be will always need certain level of unemployment (6% unemployment is good for the economy, they say), or else they'd have to deal with employees' demands, and start paying them properly and give them benefits and even, maybe even, decrease their profit rate because of that.

Charity and/or throwing money at the poor will not work in the long run because it doesn't address the cause. And the cause is the corporate need for a certain level of unemployment... which is something that's been out there for a few centuries now.