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Don't know about social mobility, I know we used to be very socially mobile, not so much now, but that is because of more socialist policies. When we were less socialist, we had greater mobility. Anyway, when more people rely on the federal government, how do they move up, unless your social mobility is all downward. With the socialist trend in America, more people are on foodstamps. Ronald Reagan said that the goal of the welfare state is to force itself out of existence. I guess that is the difference between Americans and Europeans.

lolwut?

The American welfare state is at an all-time low. It used to be bigger back in the 60's and 70's, at which time you had social mobility at levels equal to a standard European country.

But then Reagan came along and slashed the welfare state, which also slashed your social mobility. No president(including Obama) has made any serious attempt to rebuild the welfare state you built up after ww2, and so social mobility in the US remains low.