“Two months later President Obama took part in a Georgetown University panel, a “Poverty Summit,” in which he and other speakers invoked the “least of these” term to argue that government had an obligation to care for the poor.”

Jesus spoke to His Apostles, Disciples, and Faithful (whether they worked in government or not.) He did not express or say in any of the passages that government (i.e. Rome, Pontius Pilate, Herod, etc.) were obligated to take care of the poor. He told the Church to do so. In fact, most/majority of Saints did this, not government. Pressing further, the danger of government welfare is that the government changes all the time. Whether the persons in the State are Libertarian, Conservative, Republican, Democratic, Socialist, Communist, or Fascist leaning – the government will change welfare (i.e. social services assisting the poor.) And hence the poor will always be vulnerable to that assistance. Charity must be resilient, independent, stable, and diverse sources.