The act of using the resources of rich to provide a "living" for the poor is at odds with devotion to and blessings from YWYH.
Over my many years, I have been a recipient of God's blessings, often fiscally. I have had increasing more lucrative employment which I credit wholly to the Lord. This has come as I have stepped away from government poverty programs and their behaviors and restrictions. I have friends that take welfare payments and "food stamps" who are scholars of the strictures of such benefits. They know what they can do and what they can't do to continue to qualify for "free"-ish government hand-outs and discounts. With great patience, they try to explain the intricacies of qualifications to me, how they maximize their rewards. In the distant past, I was just as much working to become expert in this. I now make it a point to avoid all government help, at least as much as I can.
It was a harrowing time when I decided that I would stop pursuing the favor of government programs and earning their rewards. My children lost free health care and we stopped qualifying for government subsidized discounts on heating and phone bills, among other hoop-jumping perks. A few people even said that I was depriving and abusing my children by robbing them of government "benefits" that they deserved.
A child or two of mine likely wished they could get put into the fostering programs and enjoy the benefits of "parenting" under government surveillance, family decisions that could be appealed to committees of social workers, and regular payments ear-marked for nicer school-clothes and expensive sports shoes like some of the kids showed off in class. It can be hard for mere biological families to compete with bureaucratic largesse in the form of "carrots and sticks".
Nonetheless, my wife and I made the conscious choice to avoid government "help" and put more effort into pursuing Liberty and standing on our own feet in providing fully for ourselves. It has been an interesting ride and I definitely credit God for any success we have enjoyed. Turning to the Lord for help rather than government is the greatest act of liberation that I have known!
