To what extent do you think the government should be responsible to those in need?

Besides fire, police and education, to what extent should the government be responsible to those in need?

Should government provide food stamps and public assistance eternally?

Should government provide health care?

Should government provide child care to working families who are under a certain income?

Should government provide housing for those in need of housing?

Should government pay for college through grants?

Is there anything I did not think of that you can think of?

If you are an advocate of these safety nets will it bother you if your taxes go up to accomodate them?

Or do you think that programs like the ones I have mentioned cause people to rely too much on public funding? Or is there a happy medium?