As far as technology goes, One trip to the moon could feed millions of homeless, hungry people. To eradicate poverty, All people would have to be limited to a basic income. And not be allowed to hoard money for themselves. There's plenty of money, I'ts just all in the wrong places.
If people are able to work, they should. If they aren't, they should be helped by fellow Americans. Look at Bill Gates, Hes the richest dude around. But he does the right thing, He gives his money away to help others. He will probably be the one responsible for finding a vaccine for AIDS. If all the rich were as generous as he is, The world would be a better place to live.
As far as I can tell Bill Gates is among the most evil men to have ever lived. Hard-core eugenicist from a family of the same (his father headed up planned parenthood who's roots trace right back to the early 20th century eugenicists who changed their marketing once the Nazis gave the movement a bad name.)
Gates is a cheap fucker to. He'll happily sterilize and cut the branches off the trees of 'useless eater' family lines so his class can more safely make more money, but won't then shoulder the burden of taking care of people who have no support when they get old because they were covertly sterilized and have no children to take care of them.
Gates and people like him want the population to be about 1/10 of what it is now. And they want to make sure that people like themselves maintain an advantage over the remaining population so that they can properly 'manage' the planet.
Gates has enough money to buy the best PR which works wonders on the weak of mind...as evidenced by posts like yours.