So, people making less than the median are working and paying taxes to give others and income greater than the median, while not having to work at all.
Free time also has a value not available to those working.
A drag on the government purse, while not contributing income tax or contributing to the GNP and national growth.
When those producing come to see themselves as chumps, a vicious circle will ensue, and society will fall apart.
Society is losing its sense of social obligation.
Without a sense of meaning, depression emerges.
In many states, welfare and benefits pay more than median income – HotAir