Many legislators or politicians make a fairly simple chain of reasoning. Jesus says help the poor. Social security, SNAP, AFDC, welfare, medicaid, and many other forms of government spending help the poor. Therefore Christians should support them.
The fact which gets left out of that chain of reasoning is that all of those programs are funded by taxation, and taxation is never voluntary. If you get to choose whether or not to pay, it’s not called a tax, it’s called a suggested contribution. No one may live in a country and not pay its taxes.
Taxation is always backed up by the implicit threat that you will be found guilty of breaking the law if you don’t pay. The IRS will accuse you of tax evasion. A court will find you guilty and sentence you to pay a fine. If you don’t pay that fine, the government will take your money and your things without your consent. If you wont give up your money and your things, you will go to prison.
Jesus does not endorse that relationship. Jesus came to set the captives free, not to put more people in prison. Jesus came to allow people to choose, not to force them.
Choosing to help the poor pleases God. Grudgingly allowing a system based on force to take your money against your will and spend it on the poor does not please God.