"Stop everything above this line on Maslow's pyramid because some people fall below the line" is not a solution to any of the problems faces by people below the line. It's like demanding that an astrophysicist cure AIDS at once before ever using another telescope.
You don't help people climb a ladder by chopping off the top and declaring the ladder climbed.
You don't help people climb a ladder by chopping off the top and declaring the ladder climbed.