@WSJ and? there will always be a bottom quintile, and guess what, when you multiply by the size of the American population...
-
-
-
@volatilitysmile@WSJ so 57% do better? Seems like a great deal of mobility. -
@Nonrelatedsense@wsj surprisingly, genetics are not a random walk... Unless the jury is still out on evolution... -
@volatilitysmile@Nonrelatedsense@WSJ genetics doesn't explain 40%. Nobody would argue that. Bad parenting is MUCH bigger factor IMO.
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
“
@WSJ: Study: 43% of Americans raised in bottom quintile of house income stay there gen later. http://on.wsj.com/HPp8F2 ” American dream fail.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
@WSJ...wage earnings and lack of wage growth (in era w/ great inflation) are our nation's greatest impediment. We can do better.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
57% of us are rising! MT
@WSJ: 43% of Americans raised in bottom quintile of househld incme still there a gen later. http://on.wsj.com/HPp8F2Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
@WSJ@Eduspokesperson Education is the passport out of poverty & low income. Redistribution of wealth entrench low income & poverty.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
@WSJ all we can do is give them a chance at getting out. Anyone familiar with the fasfa program knows it's quite possible to go to collegeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
@WSJ What % of top quintile of household income fall out a generation later?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
@WSJ so much for great society. Time to actually use evidence based approach to keeping programs that work ax the othersThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
@WSJ 84% of poor people w/spouse or household member in the workforce rose out of the bottom quintile (vs 49% of single-earner families)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
So more than 50% make it out? RT
@WSJ Study: 43% of Americans raised in bottom quintile of household income remain there a generation later.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
@WSJ In what other country do 57% move up?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
@WSJ If higher education is free for all, will it change?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
.
@WSJ AND the fault is dished-out to all the folks who didn't stay at the bottom. NOT the parents, not the Union school teachers.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.