Sorry, who has emulated Scrooge on this thread? Sincerely…explain.
Just the general tenor of "I pay my taxes to fund all kinds of services for these people so I shouldn't be expected to personally help them out if the occasion arises."
Perhaps this works from a non-Christian viewpoint, but not from a Christian one. As someone pointed out above, the rich man in the story was not portrayed as being dishonest or otherwise sinful in any other way and probably dutifully gave the required official alms for the poor at the temple, but that is not what he was judged for.
Deuteronomy 15:7-8
If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother. Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him whatever he needs.
Mark 5:42
Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.