Why So Quiet?

Yesterday, I read this article here right after I had published my first post. I wondered a little at the synchronicity of it and figured at the very least there are other people out there who think the way I do.
Nobody really addresses the issues of poverty. Why not? It feels like others look at us as a disease that they'll catch if they stand too close.
I wonder how many more people will have to join the ranks of the poor before there are enough of us that we collectively announce our existence? There are already at least 46 million of us. Those are the official statistics, but since I know my family didn't even receive a census form, and neither did many others I know, I am sure the numbers are even higher.  See, they can only count people who can participate in the system and be recorded somehow. People who don't have any source of track-able income and don't receive any assistance aren't counted.
For instance in the "Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in The United States: 2011" report put out by the Census Bureau, there is a chart showing the levels of poverty in 1959. I find that a little laughable considering there was less of a population then than now, and so many people in this country who weren't counted, couldn't be, or were ignored, that the circumstances don't compare. That 23% poverty in 1959 works out to about 41 million people. There are 46 million poor in our economy today at a low 15%. I guess whatever angle tells your story.
Helping the poor isn't easy, but if people are going to believe lies about us, we aren't going to get anywhere.
When people do talk about the poor, it is very often to make fun of them and promote stereotypes that support political agendas. There have been a lot of social networking sites talking about things like supporting the Republican candidate if you are irritated by people with food stamps and iPhones, or tired of seeing people with food stamps with carts full of food and buying beer, or wearing nice clothes. You name it, people are vile over the issue of what they believe the proper place of poor people is in this society.
These same people are the ones who are also a paycheck away from my situation. 37% of the population lives paycheck to paycheck. That is over 100 million people. Twice as many as who are already poor. Something about glass houses?
Speaking of houses. I think it can only be seen as some sort of punishment, for not being able to participate in an economy that screwed us in the first place, to deny us the right to housing in this country. Every single last one of us. It is a lie that societies just should have homeless. The truth is, the control of every resource and shelter by other people has made it impossible to address the needs and responsibility of a society toward it's poor and homeless. There is always the issues of space and money and restrictions. There aren't proactive solutions to the problems, there are only negative defenses being offered. If a policy is made in a community that there should be shelter, then that would be a benefit for everyone there. The crime of breaking in somewhere just to be sheltered from the cold or dark or sun, would be down to very low levels. The would mean less cases in court, insurance claims and use of public officers to respond to calls and complaints. That is money bled out of people, that could be reduced by good community management.
In addition to providing housing, communities who provided land for gardens would reduce the need for expenditures on food stamps. People who are fed healthy food get sick less often. They are less of a burden on charity food sources who are reporting record turn outs lately.
My point is, there are solutions to these real issues out there, so, let's talk about them?