well, for some 美國的窮人, (at least some families i worked with), they gave up hope for the bettter. with the basic 福利 took care of food and living, they took in whatever from charity/church and didn't have the desire to turn their lives around...
the problems for a lot of 中國的窮人 are they don't have such basic services at all....
i think, wang paid his taxes and it is quite legitimate for his family to get legitimate help...
but even with those legitimate benefits, their lives would be, at most, adequate. if we talk about 血濃於水, then help them to have a decent, dignified lives.