Many people think that welfare helps unmotivated and uneducated individuals and only minorities. In fact, more than half of Americans have used or will use some form of welfare during their lifetime. According to recent studies, 35.4% of the US population benefits from some sort of welfare program, which represents a total of 110,489,000 people. This leads to total annual welfare spending of $131,900,000,000, not including food stamps and unemployment. The top three races using welfare are white recipients 38.8%, black recipients 39.8%, and Hispanic recipients 15.7%. Another interesting fact about welfare is that in 39 states in the United States, welfare pays more than $8 per hour. Including 6 states where welfare pays more than $12 an hour. The saddest statistic of all is the fact that there are 8 states where welfare pays more than the average salary of a