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If society provided those children with an education and options which allowed them to succeed. America lags behind many other countries which do this, and whe
by AndrewDucker 10y ago
If society provided those children with an education and options which allowed them to succeed.
America lags behind many other countries which do this, and where the earnings of the parents are not such a massive factor in their children's success.
http://www.epi.org/publication/usa-lags-peer-countries-mobility/ http://www.epi.org/publication/usa-lags-peer-countries-mobil...
- sp332 10y agoEdit: in context, my comment didn't make sense. Never mind.
- dpark 10y ago> If everyone is getting an equal education, no one would move quintiles Huh? Equal education implies more economic movement. Of course education is not the only factor anyway so claiming movement stops completely as a result of some educational change doesn't make sense.
- bleezy 10y agoThe average person in the lowest quintile in the US is more likely to move up a quintile then remain. That's currently the case. If this were increased even more, that would result in more people from upper quintiles moving down to the lowest one. Shouldn't we focus more on making life better for the lowest quintile than moving people into a higher quintile? Someone has to be in the lowest quintile, I'm sorry to say. Literally 20% of people.
- dpark 10y ago> Shouldn't we focus more on making life better for the lowest quintile than moving people into a higher quintile? Why shouldn't we be focused on both? Obviously more mobility means more people moving down as well as more people moving up. That could be a very good thing if it means that the quintiles are compressed.
- scarface74 10y agoAmerica does provide a means of getting an education for everyone. If you're poor you can get Pell grants and government guaranteed loans.