Upward Mobility Dead in the U.S.?

**slapass** · 08-07-2014, 04:56 AM

But what percent of the population is in the high income bracket? If I took 800 random people how many would be high income? This seems to prove the opposite as 4% got to the top.

Edit ok I read it... nevermind hahahaha

**MaDalton** · 08-07-2014, 04:58 AM

no worries, the money will trickle down

**slapass** · 08-07-2014, 05:04 AM

The dumb thing is they wasted the article on two data points to create a human side and skipped any hard data.

**editeur** · 08-07-2014, 05:10 AM

33 children — out of nearly 800 — moved from the low-income to high-income bracket.

4% is good enough. I wonder if there any stable country where poor ones have 4% chance to get rich.

**wehateporn** · 08-07-2014, 05:12 AM

Long gone are the days when 12Clicks could simply startup a TGP

**johnnyloadproductions** · 08-07-2014, 05:19 AM

Originally posted by Barefootsies

SOURCE

You bucked this trend though, didn't you?

**Barefootsies** · 08-07-2014, 05:53 AM

Originally posted by slapass

The dumb thing is they wasted the article on two data points to create a human side and skipped any hard data.

That seems to be how many of these articles are written now-a-days. Yahoo has to be one of the worst, especially when it comes to football coverage. Somehow they manage to work in Tebow, among many other things, that have absolutely no relevance to the article.

Anyway, it was an interesting read on upward mobiltiy, at least in regard to their narrow focus. A more interesting one would be the immigrants and gas stations, convenience and grocery stores. Those who come here as legal immigrants, and their ability to achieve the "American Dream".

**Barefootsies** · 08-07-2014, 05:54 AM

Originally posted by wehateporn

Long gone are the days when 12Clicks could simply startup a TGP

I doubt 12clicks is hurting for cash, and appears to be doing just fine.

**Barefootsies** · 08-07-2014, 05:54 AM

Originally posted by editeur

4% is good enough. I wonder if there any stable country where poor ones have 4% chance to get rich.

That is an interesting thought. The U.S. compared to other countries and their upward mobility.

**Bladewire** · 08-07-2014, 07:55 AM

Originally posted by editeur

I wonder if there any stable country where poor ones have 4% chance to get rich.

I depends on the masses accessibility to cheap video games, drugs and porn

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**Robbie** · 08-07-2014, 08:21 AM

The findings of this research report remind me of the character on the hotels.com commercials on television: Captain Obvious! lol

Next up...these researchers will do a study that will find that people who don't have any food are generally more hungry than people who do.

**Barefootsies** · 08-07-2014, 08:33 AM

Originally posted by Robbie

Next up...these researchers will do a study that will find that people who don't have any food are generally more hungry than people who do.

**ilnjscb** · 08-07-2014, 09:02 AM

Originally posted by Robbie

The findings of this research report remind me of the character on the hotels.com commercials on television: Captain Obvious! lol

Next up...these researchers will do a study that will find that people who don't have any food are generally more hungry than people who do.

I think they are intending to dispel the myth that America is the land of opportunity, that any given smart, hardworking poor person, or at least a large percentage of them, can "rise to the top".

Cue one of the 4%, who, though smart and hard-working, doesn't understand statistics:

"I was poor blablbabla and now I'm rich so that isn't right!"

**Jman** · 08-07-2014, 09:33 AM

Guns will be easily accessible to the poor kids so they can start making their monies ;)

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