In Acts, God commands Christians to take care of the poor out of love for Him and His children. Karl Marx took love out of the equation and used brute government force instead. That's why Christians can be on two different sides of the welfare issue - the conservative Christians are (or should be) for giving, just not forced giving; the liberal Christians think that helping the poor is the only thing that matters (the end justifies the means), and support the government taking your money at gunpoint to give to the poor.*

I know of no place in the Bible where God supports forced giving. Many of the Jews were angry with Jesus, actually, because He didn't solve their political problems. If God wanted the government to take care of welfare, you'd think He would have mentioned a few more things about a proper government while He was on earth.

*You may say, the government isn't taking my money at gunpoint -- but then you have to ask, what would happen if you refused to pay your taxes? They'd arrest you. What would happen if you resisted arrest? They'd point a gun at you. So really, you are being forced to help the poor at gunpoint.

No pun intended? :P