Living in poverty in the USA is equivalent to being middle class in Europe.
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank...-middle-class/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/timwors.../#3533fa605cb5
http://thehill.com/opinion/op-ed/242...are-better-off
https://www.forbes.com/sites/timwors.../#eb4f43a54ef0
https://mises.org/blog/poor-us-are-r...ss-much-europe
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank...-middle-class/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/timwors.../#3533fa605cb5
http://thehill.com/opinion/op-ed/242...are-better-off
https://www.forbes.com/sites/timwors.../#eb4f43a54ef0
https://mises.org/blog/poor-us-are-r...ss-much-europe