The 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/

The 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?