I'm always amazed at the bizarre and creative ways "Christians" can quote scripture and misuse it to justify all kinds of messed up thinking.
Talk about messed up thinking and misusing scripture. Read all your quotes, show us the ones that Jesus is saying that charity is the job of the government to provide...
I'm not sure what grade you got in Civics class but our government, a Republic, is an extension of our will and our character as a people.
We Americans are charitable and compassionate. (most of us anyway)
The social safety nets represent in part who we are as Americans. We don't let people starve and die on the streets.
I'd like to think that some of the best of who we are as a country comes from the Sermon on the Mount.
Through private and public assistance we express our values as a people.
Those who actually believe and follow Jesus can see him in the poor families that would go hungry if not for SNAP program.