I'd argue you have a much better chance at moving up in the world as a poor person in Vietnam than America. Your argument would be wrong, at least as of the la

I'd argue you have a much better chance at moving up in the world as a poor person in Vietnam than America. Your argument would be wrong, at least as of the last time we ran this experiment. Back in the 80's we took a bunch of Vietnamese and turned them into poor Americans. Now they are not poor. In contrast, the Vietnamese who stayed behind are still very poor. That includes the ones who started small businesses like selling goods on the street. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_American#Socioeconomics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_American#Socioeconom...