I can see your point Warin, at least somewhat.
The difference is that those 9 men need help immediately or else they would die.
Most "innercity" people just need to get up off their asses to make life better. There are really very few who would be incapable of doing so without any sort of help. Also when the government gets involved in anything, they fuck it up 9 times out of 10. I should know I live in the peoples socialist republic of Canada.
The remedy to solve the worlds problems is to have individuals help others, not the government.