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1. You take care of yourself. If you can't feed and clothe and shelter yourself, then you will probably die. Too bad.
2. You take care of your family. If you can't feed and clothe and shelter your family, then they will probably die and it's your fault. Too bad. In exchange, you need to organize your family to help and assist.
3. If you want to take on the responsibility for anyone else, then go for it. Either you take them on as a slave / servant / employee or you do it because you feel like it and send them on their way. If you decide not to help someone, then that's sad and they die, oh well, it is not your fault.
4. If people think this isn't fair, then they can talk to God and ask him to make it right. If God doesn't do anything about it, then too bad. You're still starving and if you don't find food fast you will die and that's your fault.
People think slavery is a terrible arrangement but I don't think so. I think it's actually a good way to take care of the really stupid and poor people and people who made really bad decisions. In exchange for charity, the slaveholder gets some labor from their slave, which will never be enough to compensate (otherwise the slave would be able to live as a free man.)
If you look at biblical slavery, God commanded the Israelites not to take slaves from their own kind. They were free to sell themselves into slavery, or their kids, but the slaves who were Israelites got special treatment including the opportunity to be freed at no charge if they so desired. God also commanded a significant welfare effort where during harvest, they were supposed to leave some of the sheaths behind so that poor people could collect them and thresh them and grind their own flour. They were also supposed to allow travelers to take food from the edges of their farms.
In our American society, we should abolish all forms of government assistance. If you want money from the government, you have to provide a good or service of similar value, and you have to compete with others for that money, just like with any company. If you are too disabled to care for yourself, then your family is required to handle you. If they can't or won't, too bad, maybe someone will take care of you and take you on as a servant or slave. That said, we need to make sure there are plenty of opportunities for poor people to get ahead. That's on those who have been blessed with enough and to spare.