Thursday, May 29, 2008

mobility?

The brookings Institute study that shows that other countries are more economically mobile than the US, such as canada and european countries. I think that this is true to an exent. There is almost no economically mobility for the people in poverty and the working class, but I think there is some for the people who are mid to upper middle class. Over the years I think my family has become mre economically mobile, there was a time when we weren't well off, right after the 9-11 attacks, I think everyone went through some hard times. I think that in the US there is the most room to economically grow if you're very wealthy.
I think I am growing up in the same social class as my parents and maybe a little up from them, just considering what colleges they went to, and where I plan to go, and what I want to do with my life in comparison to them. Our family has efinatly moved up since my grandparents. Most of my grandparents didn't even go to college, and some not even high school. I still expect to be in the upper middle class when I grow older.

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