The point was that if you consider anyone who has to take money from the government to be a shnorrer, then you should consider everyone to be a shnorrer including the government (Israeli) itself.
Do you really not see the difference between taking money for performing a service and taking money someone gave you simply because you couldn’t meet your expenses?
One is nahama d’kisufa, one isn’t.
If you want to minimize the kisufa because the person is contributing to society, fine, but don’t equate a subsidy with a salary.