Did you miss where I said citizens should vote on how the tax dollars for aid are spent? That spending should be overseen by the voters? That it should be used as a last resort in true emergency situations? That the goal should be to move people off of aid?
Private help should be the first resort and is the best use of resources. The reality is that private charity can not do it all. So yes I do believe there is a place for local communities to provide the aid they choose to provide as decided by the voters when private charities are stretched to their limits.
So if 51% of the population votes for theft it's ok? Is that your position?
That spending should be overseen by the voters?
Don't you mean the elected representatives chosen by the voters? Kind of exactly what we have now?
That it should be used as a last resort in true emergency situations?
As defined by whom?
That the goal should be to move people off of aid?
Ah, the old ends justify the means argument. Human history is paved with corpses and written in blood because of that kind of thinking.
So yes I do believe there is a place for local communities to provide the aid they choose to provide
What if I 'choose' not to participate in your little scheme? What then? What if I think your plan is stupid or pointless and I don't want to 'give'? What do you do then?
You're countenancing theft.
Period.