You are absolutely correct and Christian churches and other charities had been doing that for years until the government began taking this job away from them.

There is a section of the new congressman's handbook that explains what to do if services are being provided by another agency such as a church or charity. It explains how to start providing those services to your state or district, giving the government more control over the people.

Jesus never said that the government should take care of the children, the sick and the poor. He was talking to his followers.

What has happened is the members of congress have been running as constituency services scam for the past seventy years or so when they found out that they could get more votes in their re-election by doing favors for people as opposed to doing their job of legislating.

I'd suggest that you read a book called The Ruling Class: Inside The Imperial Congress.

Yes, it's published by a conservative group. but it is written by someone that has been on the inside and the information provided is impossible to dispute.