Why can't progressives and conservatives finally agree to end poverty in America?

[ynot]

First a quote from the bible the poor will always be with us even 3000 years ago they realize this.

As for the progressive (liberals) and conservatives the problem is progressive do not realize their philosophy can never work and here is why! For the elimination of poverty to be successful means you do not rely on government,but many politicians need to keep a certain segment of our population poor so they can always promise to raise them out of poverty thus keeping them in power, I hope you see the paradox there.
The kindest thing you can do for a human being is not to feed him fish for a day but teach him how to fish so he can feed himself for a lifetime