I'm not sure who you're talking about Matt. Christians are for defending the weakest among us, infants(born and unborn), widows, homeless. My church and most I've been involved with have generous benevolent funds for assisting those in and out of the church. What we oppose is the federal government performing that role. Promoting the general welfare in no way meant social safety nets when it was written. It is better done by neighbors, families, church(or faith) communities and local charities and governments.
If you’re not sure who I’m talking about then you haven’t been paying attention to society. You watch enough Fox News that you should have seen plenty of the types of people I’m talking about.
A lot of churches do that & it’s a good thing, and also a lot if them also exist mostly to make money in a tax free haven.
The problems are bigger than neighbors, families, and churches in our modern world, and while they can do a lot it’s usually far from enough.
I don’t have a problem with social safety nets or things like universal healthcare. I think they can be done & run better than they are. I agree with Bod that there is way too much waste in government but I also don’t think it has to be that way. It could be done smarter but it would take a sea change to the way things are looked at & done.
However in the current state of our government I would rather government waste (which isn’t going away) go to helping our society be better place to live & give us all a higher quality of life rather than only going to line the pockets of the mega-rich, defense contractors, and so forth.