Comment Re:What he fuck is wrong with you? (Score 1) 412
Well, a growing economy naturally presents opportunities for people to move up in socioeconomic status through employment, entrepreneurship etc. What I mean by mobility by government policy is that in many European countries people have been moved up the social ladder through a variety of social welfare policies paid for by higher taxes which always reduce growth, innovation and entrepreneurship. In an economy like that you can achieve all kinds of things that look good in statistical comparisons but only in the short run. Eventually you get more of what you reward and less of what you tax and what they are doing is taxing success and rewarding failure.