Helping out the poor isn't exactly a political position, as a friend recently indicated. I believe it is a directive in the Good Book.
People have a tendency to categorize everything, so they can pigeon-hole everyone's potential.
People have a calling for different things---These are gifts. What I like about God is that he chooses, what is and isn't worthwhile, in people and in the world, in general.
We are spiritual creatures first and political animals second.