The Poor

The poor have been with us since biblical times.  A tenet of Christianity is charity for the poor.  Its been said that God surely must love the poor because he made so many of them.  With the visit of the Pope to the United States much has been said about care of the poor.

Charity is a virtue.  I am for helping the poor.  I've been poor.  I'm a child of the Great Depression and I know poverty.  But, a question that begs for an answer is when does one cease to be poor and become a leech?