Well, I was going to say something, but FReeepers pretty much have things covered.
God cares about the poor. Get a concordance and look up the references to the word “poor”. It’s a sobering experience. Or read the book of Amos in the Old Testament.
That’s not to excuse laziness or other bad character traits, but, as someone mentioned, being overly critical of the poor is definitely painting with way too broad of a brush.
By the way, very proud of most FReepers right now.
I want government out of the way, not only for my own sake but for the sake of the poor.
Right off the top, its a lot easier to be charitable when government leaves a little something to give. I saw what happened when John Engler became governor here in Michigan. The economy improved and a lot of “welfare bums” did choose work and a lot of them are conservatives today.