/johnny
Not in the US.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2015/05/04/the-average-us-welfare-payment-puts-you-in-the-top-20-of-all-income-earners/
On welfare...it’s $25 a day which is some $9,000 a year. And that is an income that puts people into the top 20% of all “Global” incomes....imagine that the average welfare payment alone in the US puts people into the top 20% of all global income earners!!!
(Forbes)
Well put.