The public benefit is not the same. National defense protects everyone equally. Welfare only protects those that receive it. Welfare is not a public good by d

The public benefit is not the same. National defense protects everyone equally. Welfare only protects those that receive it. Welfare is not a public good by definition. It is both rivalous and excludable. Governments should not take from some to give to others. They should only ever take from all to give to all.