Welfare vs Charity

This issue bothers me more than anything nowadays, so let's have debate.

So why should a person be FORCED to help someone else? If someone needs help, they can always ask for charity.

I have an interesting idea that i haven't even put under any of my own scrutiny. Here it goes.

How about 2 levels of "Country"

One is a self sufficient and the other is a welfare state and I don't mean it in a bad way. The ones working in the welfare country support the ones not working there. The ones not working in the self sufficient country receive no aid at all. People can cross over as they want or as they feel it becomes applicable to them.