Indeed it is.
The underlying reason the left wants all charity to go through the gov’t is to avoid the “judgmentalism” that would inherently accompany any private charity.
You see, if I’m voluntarily giving my money to a charity, I’m going to make sure that they are being diligent with my “investment”. And they are subsequently going to “judge” the worthiness of the recipients and possibly “require” things of them - like try to NOT need charity next month.
With government, they can just simply put a gun in your face, take your money, and thrust it on everyone who demands it, and feel good about themselves for doing it.
True enough.
I give my charitable contributions (money, food and clothes, the latter two through the St. Vincent de Paul Society) to Catholic Charities. Apparently, they are honest and efficient enough that the U.S. doles out its foreign aid through them.
For the gainsayers: That is what I have read over the years and no, I do not have a link.