tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3267597063062817567.post8533668987922603888..comments2023-12-24T00:14:00.742-06:00Comments on Cup O' Joel: Michael Gerson: Let's focus more on economic mobility than income inequalityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3267597063062817567.post-18833693170811688722011-11-06T22:29:06.348-06:002011-11-06T22:29:06.348-06:00"Americans will accept unequal economic outco..."Americans will accept unequal economic outcomes in a fair system. They object when the results seem rigged. That way lies the Bastille."<br /><br />Yes, I agree. <br /><br />I disagree with where he thinks the solutions will come, for the most part. Getting more kids to go to college isn't the solution, it's part of the problem. The educational system itself is part of the "rigged" results machine.<br /><br />But even acknowledging that the system is deeply rigged toward large corporations and the already-wealthy is an acknowledgement that I don't expect from either major party.Monkey RobbLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12414603112612772905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3267597063062817567.post-63583439086350357132011-11-04T10:54:00.836-05:002011-11-04T10:54:00.836-05:00"Mobility" would require us to undo the ..."Mobility" would require us to undo the work of 1980-present did of gutting the middle class and implementing policies that have made wealth and privilege a closed and self-perpetuating system. <br /><br />And even if that did happen, switching who gets to stand on what side of the equality gap does not solve the problem, which is that many people work hard and can't get ahead. <br /><br />(Entire firebrand revolutionary paragraph deleted here.)Notorious Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08700875559325201086noreply@blogger.com