For generations American's have been told they are living in the land of opportunity. Unfortunately this is no longer true. The United States has less equality of opportunity than almost any other advanced industrial country. Study after study has exposed the myth that America is a land of opportunity.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/16/equal-opportunity-our-national-myth/?ref=opinion
Only 58 percent of Americans born into the bottom fifth of income earners move out of that category, and just 6 percent born into the bottom fifth move into the top. Economic mobility in the United States is lower than in most of Europe and lower than in all of Scandinavia.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/16/equal-opportunity-our-national-myth/?ref=opinion
Only 58 percent of Americans born into the bottom fifth of income earners move out of that category, and just 6 percent born into the bottom fifth move into the top. Economic mobility in the United States is lower than in most of Europe and lower than in all of Scandinavia.
