You make some great points, but are you replying to the right comment?
For those, who are not of the biblical persuasion, "help thyself, and God will help thee" is a principle that says that you can count on a lot of help, but you have to do a little yourself first; that little is very hard, and no-one can do it for you.
I remembered a joke from my childhood earlier today, and your comment bought it to the fore again:
A man down on his luck prays in Church "God, let me win the lottery. All my troubles will be over".
A week goes by and the man is doing even worse, so he prays again: "God, please let me win. I've been a good man with poor luck, and I've never asked for anything before".
Next week, the man has been evicted, and once more he prays: "God, why have you forsaken me? I'm homeless, loveless, and penniless. Please, let me win the lottery!"
To which a booming voice answers him: "Meet me halfway! Buy a ticket!"
I mainly referred to the implicit delegation to government in your comment. This is technically ok (because you pay taxes for it) but it's not morally ok if they don't do it well.
Naturally, I only picked the "bad things" (with a big IMHO) in your comment which didn't keep me from upvoting it ;)
For those, who are not of the biblical persuasion, "help thyself, and God will help thee" is a principle that says that you can count on a lot of help, but you have to do a little yourself first; that little is very hard, and no-one can do it for you.