“If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor..." Faceborg meme

Another brainless meme found on Faceborg:

Transcript: 

“If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it.” ― Stephen Colbert

The Christian-hating Left needs to get better at meme-ing, because this statement is just insipid. And it makes it even worse when they think it's clever. 

The entire statement presumes a necessary collective action in the form of government programs doling out taxpayer money. Implicit in this is the assumption that people who oppose government anti-poverty programs are is opposed to helping the poor. Big-government advocates cannot conceive of a scenario where government shouldn't be the solution to a problem.

Just a quick rebuttal:

• Jesus did not command "us" to do anything. "We" (government) is a completely separate matter from what individuals are obligated to do.
• This is not "going to be a Christian nation." Even if America were to be a Christian nation, that does not speak to what "we" do for the poor. 
• "We" do help the poor. A lot. Trillions.
• "We" are not selfish, nor is Jesus. "We" are the most generous people on earth.
• Jesus did not command "us" to help the poor, He commanded His followers to do so.
• "We" have been doing it for decades:

Despite U.S. taxpayers having spent approximately $23 trillion on over 100 anti-poverty programs since 1965, there have not been significant declines in poverty since.

Government anti-poverty programs have been an unmitigated failure. Christians are not to blame.