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Think about this: some of our best and brightest in this country are our poorest workers.
by reilly3000 7y ago
Think about this: some of our best and brightest in this country are our poorest workers.
- bagacrap 7y ago... are they? The US has great upwards mobility. Yes, some people are privileged and some are disadvantaged, but the worst disadvantages are generally not enough to deter our best and brightest.
- reilly3000 7y agoThe data disagrees: https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/02_economic_mobility_sawhill_ch3.pdf https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/02_econ... US upward mobility is certainly not the best in the world, and perception of it outweighs reality by a wide margin. Do you honestly believe that people are poor because they are stupid?