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Originally Posted by dyna mo
...there is opportunity here, more so than most other places.
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There is opportunity here, but not so sure about that last part. At least not anymore.
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WASHINGTON ? Benjamin Franklin did it. Henry Ford did it. And American life is built on the faith that others can do it, too: rise from humble origins to economic heights. ?Movin? on up,? George Jefferson-style, is not only a sitcom song but a civil religion.
But many researchers have reached a conclusion that turns conventional wisdom on its head: Americans enjoy less economic mobility than their peers in Canada and much of Western Europe.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/us...anted=all&_r=0