The truth about social mobility.

Paul Krugman, a columnist for the New York Times recently wrote about a statement made by Ivanka Trump commenting on social mobility in America, claiming Americans don’t want to be guaranteed the minimum, instead the people want to work for what they receive and create their own chances of moving up economically. Krugman criticizes Ivanka Trump saying that she lacks self-awareness and how she got to where she is now is not the reality for most Americans. He claims that social mobility in this country is the worst compared to other developed countries, such as Canada and Scandinavia. These countries implement a larger government and provide basic help, such as affordable healthcare and enough funds going into schools, so that the chances of social mobility increase.

The author's intended audience is the american people. He tries to create awareness concerning the current state of the country regarding this “easily attainable social mobility” that many Americans believe in, when in reality it is much harder than people make it to be and often times leads to shaming people for not working hard enough and not giving the necessary attention to policies that may help these cases. The author is credible as he uses several studies and provides links defending his arguments he is also a Professor at a university and has won the Nobel Memorial Prize in  Economic Sciences in 2008.

I agree with Paul Krugman, this topic is important to discuss as it seems to be quite unknown by the general population. Criticizing the wealthy’s delusion that many get there by hard work is also important, people with everyday jobs work long and hard and most of the time don’t come close to what these people make, it is irresponsible to claim that people do not want to be “given things by the government” as these “things” aren’t given, they are deserved by any citizen. I also liked how the author touched on the subject of how Republicans call these policies that Democrats are defending Socialism, and how it is inaccurate to do so. The outcome the the two parties defend, a good economy and increasing social mobility would be a direct consequence from aiding low-income populations.