Exactly. Even if it's true (and I'm not sure that it is, despite much ado to the contrary) that redistribution will create a class of people that "rely on government handouts," it isn't clear that that's a bad thing, at least as long as the "handouts" are understood to be things like food stamps and welfare checks. No one is getting rich off those. If it's really true that such a class of people necessarily exists whenever you put anti-poverty programs in place, then so be it: I'm happy to let them have the money, especially if it buys a more robust social safety net that the vast majority will use responsibly.

(Now, a different kind of "handout" strikes me as much more problematic: we spend a lot more, it seems to me, on handouts like non-competitive government contracts, government-created monopolies, earmarks, bailouts, etc. -- and people are getting rich off those. But I suppose that's a bit off topic here...)