If they’re living off the taxpayer dime, enjoying their life, while I work to make something for them to buy, then turn around and, as the taxpayer, give them the money to buy my thing, that’s substantially less awesome.
"living off their own resources" generally equals, for many people: "living in active exploitation in a ruthless work environment destroying their mental and physical health, because they literally need money to live, like anyone"
Whereas:
"living off the taxpayer dime" generally equals, for many people: "living free to do whatever they wish, for the most part" [and you find this absolutely abhorrent]
Still seems like you're not quite grasping how this works.
I'm not going to dig up concrete numbers at this point, but it's not difficult to take a look at what the top wealth-holders and income-earners have, and what the people at the bottom need, and reconcile the two.