One of my favorite stories - Congressman Davy Crockett about appropriating public money for worthy causes:

Crockett in Congress

Thing is - public money is taken away from citizens by force of law. That has to be done to fund the necessary functions of government - but the government has no right to give that money to individuals or companies except in direct payment for property, goods, services, or labor received. NO CAUSE is worthy enough to justify the government taking money from one citizen at the point of a gun to give it to another.

That's my opinion - and it's a far cry from Obama's belief that it's government's proper function to redistribute wealth.