On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 00:34:21 +0200, Mxsmanic
wrote:
>Jim Ley writes:
>
>> Income mobility is less in the USA than it is in Sweden, the
>> Netherlands, and similar to much of the rest of Europe, although
>> higher than france of course, working hard does you good everywhere,
>> no more so in Europe than anywhere else.
>
>Sweden has great mobility within a very narrow range. USA has less
>mobility, but with no limitations on the range.
Definitions please... Do you mean people can only move one class or
what?
>> Also it's perfectly possible to join the royal families of many
>> European countries through marriage...
>
>Try reaching the throne that way.
What has 1 person in any generation got to do with the general case -
Royalty really is a ridiculous argument on social mobility.
[Royal Families]
>They are disproportionately costly.
Really, I thought many were revenue producing, but again it's not
relevant to the discussion.
Jim. |