"You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is about the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it."
-The late Dr. Adrian Rogers, 1931 to 2005, Former Pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church
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That's a great point. I think there is a place for social programs, but only as a temporary means. For example, unemployment pays only a small amount for a limited amount of time, and only if you are looking for work. Programs like welfare, which are intended to help poor people out until they can support themselves, seem to do the opposite and remove that urgency that people need to gain meaningful employment.
Additionally, you can see the hypocrisy in Wall Street; decrying welfare of the poor as socialism and anti-capitalism, while at the same time, crying for their own form of welfare via a bailout.
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