Beachboy
Irritated Indy Voter
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That one number only addressed people from the bottom 20% moving into the top 40%, not the other 40% position that also exists (which could be an upward). It also doesn't address the 2nd, 3rd and 4th quin tiles moving upwards. You need to perform more due diligence before you make the statement, "Upward mobility has ended."
Have you read this thread? I don't think so. While you are correct in terms of the actual count. You are incorrect in regard to the implied promise that people will truly move up. The expectation is to move from a rented shack into a three bedroom ranch of their own, and send their kids to college.
It would be like moving from clerk at Wal mart to Assistant Manger. What are we talking an increase of 70 cents an hour. Peanuts!
You do not understand this thread. Or, you have an axe to grind, (perhaps from exploiting the working poor yourself). And, you have brought disagreement to a thoughtful thread where their should be spiritual harmony. You are disrupting the discussion of the OP. You have missed the entire point of this thread. Get on the right page or leave.
I am unsure why you think there is an "implied promise" that people will "move up" the financial economic ladder. The opportunity exists to improve ones societal economic position, but no promises have been made stating that one will.
The words 'opportunity' and 'success' mean two entirely different things.
Unfortunately for you, I pointed out how your premise is flawed, but you backed it up with another flawed premise,
Beachboy said:Victimized by a hit and run poster. Remember the name "alan1", This is a guy who likes to stir things up, and then hides when he loses the argument.
The only thing I've lost is what little respect I had for you.
This is a message board, you stated your opinion (based upon ignoring many facts), then I stated my opinion (using the facts from your linked article that you failed to see). I didn't hide from anything, I just didn't post last night because I was too busy meeting my daughters for dinner and enjoying quality time with them. I am also unsure why you think disagreement is victimization and/or stirring things up when it occurs on a political message board. You seem hyper-sensitive.
You never had any respect for me, and after reading reading your posts, I have none for a guy whose posts are repetition of Republican talking points.
Whatever you are trying to say, please do it with fact/links. I have no interest in what comes out of your keyboard.
I will leave you with one thought, moving from the working class poor to the lower middle income the citizen is still a food stamp user. Hardly a move upward by the American standards of upward mobility.
Now I am going to repost the OP alone. Either direct your remarks to the OP, or get out of the thread because I am ready to take you to the Mods with an Off Topic disruption charge. Got that corporate lackey?
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