JY – without the change is more important. The key thing is behaviour, not welfare.
Welfare is outcome, behaviour is freedom of action.
As I said earlier, the corollory of increases in social democracy is reduction in indivdualism (selfishness, if you like). we differ on where that trade-off is acceptably balanced perhaps.
If we go along with your change though, then again you’re just marking the point on the line where you think collective responsibility reaches. Im comfortable at the point on the line being familial and friends, with the occasional extension into charity to strangers and a bit of national tax distribution. But if you’re happy for it to go deeper nationally, why not internationally/globally? i.e. complete redistribution accross the globe?