Work or Welfare: What Pays More?

The authors found that in 11 states, “welfare pays more than the average pretax first-year wage for a teacher [in those states]. In 39 states, it pays more than the starting wage for a secretary. And, in the three most generous states a person on welfare can take home more money than an entry-level computer programmer.”

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2013/08/19/work-or-welfare-what-pays-more/

The market has concluded that the average American is practically worthless. Remove Welfare and minimum wage laws and in a number of years the average American will be working for less than the average chink in China.
Enjoy your welfare state whale it lasts, because the future will only be worse.