The Real-Life Jeffersons.

Here's an interesting study, folks. According to the IRS, 58% of the people categorized as lower class (economically) in 1996 had, by 2005, achieved a higher economic strata - 5% actually moving all the way to upper class....How surprising is that, huh? I mean, if you listen strictly to progressives and/or had had your your teeth purely on stuff from C.Wright Mills, etc., you'd have probably thought that the United States was even more stratified than India..........................................................................................Of course, this isn't to say that the argument is any way, shape, or form, settled. The progressives can always say that the only way that these people were able to progress at all was because of the safety-net that had no doubt helped them when they were down - this, as opposed to conservatives, who would probably attribute the results more to welfare reform. But you know what, folks, I would much rather have the two sides arguing over who gets credit for something than blaming each other for the bad stuff....................................................................................................P.S. Granted, being that this study ends in 2005 (three years prior to the economic collapse), it is at least somewhat limited. Still, though, I did find it encouraging.