And it may also have to do with your definition of 'dockworker' ; Dell's mom and dad were a stockbrocker and an orthodontist; Clinton was working-class but not poor; same with Jobs (he was adopted at birth, dad was a mechanic, and mom an accountant); Brin's dad is a Math prof and his mom works at NASA; seems Koch's grandad was wealthy (I can't find more on wikipedia; it also says he went to MIT and doesn't mention scholarships, so his family was probably well-off).

Koch family were not bad off..

http://exiledonline.com/a-peoples-history-of-koch-industries...

I didn't argue that no Americans from poor families become part of the elite, only that it seems to happen at a lower rate than in Denmark. That's what the quintile-mobility figures are measuring, after all.

Hmm.

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