If you receive money from any government entity that is NOT for goods and/or services rendered, it’s welfare.
So all of the monies I have paid unwillingly into systems like this for 46 years, Social Security and Medicare, if I get something back from that I am on welfare? You want to shut it down (I'm fine with that), just break out your checkbook. I'm sure we can come up with a figure that's amicable.