Sounds good doesn't it?
Help people by popularity contest. If I like you....you will be helped
If not....too bad for you
But the government does more than help individuals. They help impoverished regions. They help impoverished sectors .......Old people, children, minorities, the disabled
Local charities cannot do that
Because you think you are owed something because you want it, need it, think you need it, or scream for it..
Sorry Charlie.. the only one responsible for you is you... I am not your mommy, your nanny, your allowance giver, your kisser of boo boos, nor your sugar daddy
Government is not charged to bring you or the group that you in out of poverty.. it is not there to redistribute upon your whim nor the whim of people who like the charity yet do not want to pay for it