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Limiting Economic Mobility and Loving It

by Andy Caldwell

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Sep 29, 2024
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Conservatives believe the best way for people to become upwardly mobile (that doesn’t create inflation) is via equal opportunity which is ultimately dependent upon a person’s education, work ethic, lifestyle choices, and the principle of no risk, no reward. Progressives, however, believe government can help people become upwardly mobile by way of redist…

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