Below is a copy of a comment I made on Keith weblog.

In page 35/90 (page #38) of http://www1.oecd.org/publications/e-book/0102071E.PDF , the column "Disposable income of average production worker" is interesting. It's not exactly the stat I was speaking about, but I think it demystifies some clichés. Another interesting page for the common inhabitant is the #85 (81/90) it shows where a good percentage of the social redistribution goes. Yes we can be called socialist :-)