If you believe the point of this spending is to help those in genuine poverty, rather than to assist middle class families
Fine, but who thinks that?
Are you being disingenuous or are you really unaware of the treatment of poverty as an acceptable justification for a social safety net among individuals generally opposed to such governmental spending?
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/over-60000-welfare-spentper-household-poverty_657889.html
60000 dollars per year per poor family, if the article is correct.