socialism = death
Don't trade your freedom for some trinkets and scraps of paper. History shows socialism leads to state dependence, which leads to increasing state control. When the government runs out of money to hand out then it starts eating the population like a cancer, which almost certainly leads to massive amounts of death and violence. Earning your money is easier.
Maybe. But to my opinion every state shoud have that social component and take care of most valnurable members, be a "welfare" state. The good example are nordic countries.