Open's claim: Over the last 30 years, upward Income Mobility for 99% of Americans has stopped or fallen.
Now let's look at the Wiki "evidence" she offers to support this,
"...Mobility in America is lower than in most developed countries."
She was not arguing that income mobility in America was worse than other countries, so that statement does not support her claim... Next we have,
"The US had about 1/3 the ratio of mobility of Denmark and less than half that of Canada, Finland and Norway. France, Germany, and Sweden also had higher mobility with only the UK being less mobile."
That too fails to support her claim.
From the Wiki article: 48% of children born into the bottom quintile remain in the lowest quintile.This means that, 52% of children born to the bottom quintile move up at least one quintile - That is upward mobility for the majority of those at the bottom quintile, this directly contradicts Open's claim about an abscence of upward income mobility.
