You’re thinking that the reason behind transfer payments...
(hell, they’re welfare handouts from wealth confiscated from people the earned it!)...
cough... sorry, I digress...
to continue - the reason behind welfare is not actually to help people get a leg up, it is to keep them dependent, so it doesn’t matter if, and it’s actually better if, they squander it.
And on the confiscation end, confiscating the “excess” wealth of EARNERS keeps them from saving and building wealth that might lead to financial independence - the WORST thing that can happen in a socialist’s mind.
Same with income taxes, in place of wealth taxes. They are disproportionately leveled against those who are attempting to better their wealth situation. Those who have abundant assets ("the rich") are benefiting more from "The Common Defence" than those without assets, yet their contribution is based only on income, which may be modest.