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the2real4mafol said:
Mr Puggsly said:
the2real4mafol said:

 

Tell that to the poor in places like Detroit, Chicago or LA or any big city. If you're born poor you are likely to stay poor unless very lucky. Being poor is a bit of a disadvantage to doing well in the current system. And if American federal government ensured just two things, they would make things alot better for people. $15 minimum wage and a tax funded health service. Hell the money saved from eliminating the free market from core parts of healthcare would save alot of money for all.

 


To me likely means 50%+. 

 

This seems.... pretty decent to me quite honestly.

 

Now lets compare this to the UK... since it's where your from and has the things you find.

I can't find an exact equal comparison, but I can find two that are similar covering both ends... and they're on one chart.

 

http://www.leftfootforward.org/2011/03/social-mobility-income-inequality-resolution-foundation-report/

In both the 90's and 2000's, the UK had MORE poor people stuck in the lowest quintile then the United States, in the decade between 96 and 2005.  

Despite the UK's public healthcare and higher minium wage.  Considering that both ends find the same problem it's highly unlikely that 96-2005 Britian would do any better in a comparison then 1990-1999 and 2000-2009

 

and that's not even counting the fact that just... way more rich people choose to live in the United States then other countries, which will stretch out the quintile curve compaired to if you used something better then relative mobility.