Is Poverty Getting Turned the Other Cheek?

More and more every day people are finding out about and realizing the severity of poverty. As of right now, I feel that there is not nearly enough action being taken towards ending poverty. In fact, though less and less, I feel the severity of poverty is down played and therefore not made a priority in the U.S.  My hope is that in the years to come the knowledge about poverty will spread and people everywhere will be more inclined to do something about it.