That welfare doesn't work, we know; but if charity also doesn't work, where does that leave us? Aren't we commanded to leave the gleanings of our field for the poor and the widow, etc. etc., all through the Bible?
"Aren't we commanded to leave the gleanings of our field for the poor and the widow, etc. etc., all through the Bible?" Does it command you to harvest the grain for them and bake the bread for them? Or do people who receive charity have to do SOME work for said charity?