2qwerty & apushatayid –
“Do you give out/pay money to those who meet your guidelines? And if i dont agree with your choices am i allowed to steal it from you?”
“To you, not to the government.
It is a temporary form of assistance until one is able to be self supporting. That is how the government looks at it, even if you do not.
Does halacha equate the taking of tzedaka with earning parnassa? Does halacha require a gabbai tzedaka to give money to someone who comes to collect his daily “paycheck”? “
I’ll repeat myself one more time. The gov. doesn’t have the right to make guidelines as opposed to a Gabbai Tzedokoh or anyone else. They only would if they had the Din of D.M.D.! This is the reason also why you don’t have to pay taxes. I don’t recommend holding up Fort Knox, even if that wouldn’t be considered stealing. (Which it might, even acc. to me, but I’m not sure.)