The headline is a bit misleading - or at least gives the wrong impression. He isn't eliminating assistance programs for the poor, just block granting it to states to come up with something more effective.
Poor houses? Euthanasia? Soylent green?
Why would you propose those things? States do a better job on their own. In fact if you look at how well many of the more Republican states are handling their programs in comparison to D.C. and the more Democrat states you'll be introduced to a whole new world of truth instead of just whatever you're hearing from Democrat politicians, the media, professors, teachers, and court rulings.