re: #159 brownbagj

I would agree with EVERYTHING you stated…except for that last sentence.

I do not think being poor is fate for everyone that is in that state currently. For some, unfortunately it is and we should help those people.

I have seen many, including myself, get out of being poor.

This is one of the many reasons so many come here to the USA.

Why do you think that social mobility is greater in those Western European countries that have relatively large welfare states, than in the US?