Why should my hard earned money go to those less fortunate?

[Mermaid]

People seem to think government assistance is sustainable as a living, that you can just collect and not work. That you can just sit around and have enough to survive.

You can in England. I've known a few people who lived like this.
They've had no job ever but had money to have 4 children who have 4 laptops none of the children have laptops they all smoke weed.
I mean that's just one family I knew as an example but I know other people who can easily live off government assistance.

Well, you can't in the US, hence our enormous problem with homelessness (hello, San Francisco) and food insecurity (1 in 7 children don't have enough to eat, and do not have a steady food source).