My life is mine to live as I choose and if and when I choose to help someone, it will be because that someone exemplifies the values I share, NOT merely because they are in need. Need is not a claim. The major problem we face today is the perception by so many who receive benefits from others, either via government programs or charity, that they are entitled to them simply because they take up space on the planet. The idea that the benevolence of others has to be earned by one's own efforts and decent character is gone. The benevolence of the American people has been demonstrated over and over throughout our history.
People helping their neighbors is one of the most under-reported facts of our history.
But it is a free people, a people who are prosperous and well-disposed toward those who have misfortune visited upon them, that help. The less freedom, the less benevolence. Furthermore, when people helped neighbors, those giving of themselves were in a position to judge the worthiness of those in need. Anyone wishing to receive help had the implicit requirement to first be a good neighbor himself. Our violent society will be transformed in a generation.