I'd rather people love more.  And the people who are loved struggle a bit more. 

Most government programs are so stupidly designed the create benefit addiction. 

2 Thess, 3: if anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either.

Work develops one's capacities.

Government programs almost universally sap growth.  Sapping growth, saps holiness. 

A fat but poor person ends up focusing on themselves....and that's not Christian or good.