Obama’s “Spread the Wealth”, does that mean making up new welfare programs?

robert asked: Welfare (financial aid), financial assistance paid by taxpayers to people who are unable to support themselves.
Workfare, an alternative model requiring recipients to participate in work-rehabilitation programs
The purported main goal of workfare is to generate a “net contribution” to society from welfare recipients.
Most commonly, this means getting unemployed people into paid work, [...]