People are suffering terribly, horribly, indescribably. I don't think the OP meant anything about karma or justice. People who are merely misinformed don't deserve this.
In a life-or-death situation I don't think the question of just desserts is a factor. We're all brothers and sisters. I think the OP was pointing out the intellectual difference between small government and "we are all one"-- but intellectual differences fall away in a situation like this.
I think that what the OP was saying, and what I suspect is true, is that only a few of the "keep the government out of my Medicare/food stamps/rebuilding loans" and "climate change is for hippies" people will refuse aid from the government in a situation like this. And rightly so. We are each others' keeper. Maybe we don't have to be, but the world would be a much better place if everybody felt that way.
I hope you and yours are okay, and my heart goes out to those who are not. 
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