Dependency on support from an external source leads to weakness, and is a disincentive to seeking independent growth and financial security - this is a common argument in the fields of aid and welfare.
Dambisa Moyo and other aid critics argue that aid dependency is a major cause of the problems in much of Africa, and other struggling regions of the world.
Long-term welfare dependence is also a popular target for critics of government programs; thus many welfare programs, including in USA and Australia, contain strict conditions to encourage recipients to stand on their own feet.
Extreme cases are often regarded as exceptions, such as total incapacity to work through disability, or natural disasters in the case of aid. The difficulty is in determining the boundaries between "genuine cases," and the stricter the conditions are made, the more people will fall through the gaps.