Oh. I was just worrying about hungry people in Spain and whether there were any private charities to take care of them in the short term. I’m not into philosophy right now.
There probably are charities, and they are probably stretched.
Charity depends on there being many more employed people willing to give to charity than there are unemployed people needing charity. Much like welfare depends on there being more taxes being paid than claims being filed.
I was on a long road trip with a liberal lady a while back, and we had a long discussion on the subject. What I think convinced her was my telling her "What would you prefer: tightening up on welfare now, or waiting for the system to collapse? If we wait for a collapse, more people will die."
per capita donations to charity are higher in spain than other european countries, but nowhere near the US
http://www.ief.es/documentos/recursos/publicaciones/revistas/hac_pub/165_charitable.pdf