Those who trust rich people are just going to help out of their own volition aren't any better. Well to do have no incentive and no moral obligation to help.
Your elected officials have both an incentive and moral obligation to help, it's their job. And it's trash talk to say those who trust the government are to blame for their situation as if they shouldn't or can't hold them accountable. This anti-government nonsense is anti-intellectual, and anti-civil.
I don't believe the parent poster was saying the govt was to blame. I have no problems holding them accountable, but the local govt can only do so much in a scenario such as this. They are limited by resources available. Self-responsibility is not anti-government, it is the appropriate adult response. Some situations are out of your control, but that doesn't mean you can't safely care for you and yours along with making sure your neighbors are helped at the same time.
Your elected officials have both an incentive and moral obligation to help, it's their job. And it's trash talk to say those who trust the government are to blame for their situation as if they shouldn't or can't hold them accountable. This anti-government nonsense is anti-intellectual, and anti-civil.