When to Rip the Band-Aid Off?

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This might seem political, but since it strictly deals with "people," I thought this to be the appropriate section. Does anyone know when the right time is to cut off people's subsidies? There's a heated debate in America--and other countries can attest to the effects of dependency--about wanting to cut funding on programs that people rely on. Call them what you will, but they're essentially freebies. Some people truly do need assistance. Others, however, including huge chunks of people like our Native Americans, have been given so much assistance for so long that they seem to be bogged down completely by the government. The compassionate argument is that people need more. There's not enough government involvement. All the food stamps and checks and monitoring and community assistance and free healthcare and on and on - some say it simply isn't enough, we must do more. But why isn't it a valid argument to state the opposite? If you were to say, "Hey, maybe it's time you tried it without government" you'd be called racist, cruel, a capitalist/republican/right-winger, cold and heartless b@stard. I cannot think of an example in America where neighborhoods or towns or "groups" of people were made better by government subsidies. Just the opposite. For the average Joe or Jane, some relief might help. But on the larger scale, giving to groups and giving even more, the towns and neighborhoods and communities seem to fall into deeper holes. How can that be explained? If it's racism, the government has long since set it right. If it's because no one gives people a fair shake, the government has long been giving deference. If it's just a handout needed, the government has been plenty busy shoveling money into palms. Could it possibly be--I mean, hey, I'm just floating it!--that some people are simply relying on government to do more because government says it's going to do more? Could that be what's draining entire segments of our society? It's wealth redistribution on a controlled scale. Make no mistake about it. Also, see that it's a pure failure across the board. If you don't think it's time to take it away and believe that government should be giving even more, then please explain to me how more makes it better, as it's been "more" every time people have fallen down a rung. And without fail, every time it's "more" to help them step back up, they ultimately end up down another rung. "YIKES" screams people as matersfish rips off the collective band-aid with his godlike powers!