Why are we giving money from earners, to sitters?

Is it even constitutional?

This came up during a conversation about minimum wage. I'm all for letting the market set the "minimum wage" rather than having the gov't impose it. An argument was made that we had to make sure that minimum wage was above what someone on welfare would receive...

Why do they receive taxpayer funds at all? Let the local churches and charities handle it.

Dunno. I'm not a constitutional scholar like our President. Is welfare even legit?

Thanks, Guy