Government should not be doing charity. As with everything else, government sucks at it. Every government program is riddled with waste and fraud, and it’s the taxpayer who has to foot the bill.
If a person is truly in need, he/she should deal with a reputable charity. I can tell you that because charities, unlike government, do not have a seemingly infinite amount of money, they will only help the truly poor and only with the basics. They won’t stand for their assistance being spent in casinos and on cruise ships.
Even charities are subsidized by the gubmint. They do not pay taxes on their income, so others have to pay extra taxes on their behalf.
Exactly what I’ve been saying for years.
There is NOTHING in the Constitution about a right to money or food or housing or any other material thing. We have the right to pursue those things if we choose, but we do not have a right to have them handed to us.
The government was never intended to be a charitable organization and it should get out of the charity “business.” (And while we’re at it, it should get out of the education business, too.)