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Re:71 Percent of jobless Americans did not recieve their Mar... by bagacrap on Monday April 27, 2020 @01:48PM (#22998115)
... 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.
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Re:71 Percent of jobless Americans did not recieve their Mar... by reilly3000 on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @12:14PM (#23020888)
The data disagrees: 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?

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