Get real. The only real solution to poverty is to work your way out of it. The Government isn't here to dole out billions of dollars to people who've had too many kids and now can't afford them all or people just too lazy to work. It's not cruelty to not help someone that it's not in your power to help, and the government simply CAN'T help everyone that doesn't have an income.
Granted, 120 billion dollars for the war is stretchng the budget, but I don't think THAT is the part of it that needs to be cut. Most politicians are independently wealthy; they can afford less exorbiant salaries. And the Lord knows how overgrown welfare has become. Ween everyone who doesnt' really need it off, and THERE's your balanced budget.