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Modern conservatives like to talk about equality of opportunity (as opposed to results). But the policies they push systematically undermine opportunities for the less well off, entrenching class position 1/ nyti.ms/2TsrQcc
It's hard to pull yourself up by your bootstraps if you didn't get adequate nutrition or health care when young; if your parents have to work to make ends meet, but can't find affordable, decent child care; if good education is unaffordable. 2/
On the other hand, it's easier for the rich to pass their status on to children if they face low taxes on income and no tax on inheritance. So GOP policy doctrine consistently undermines the American dream 3/
And it's not an accident that the highest social mobility in the advanced world is in Nordic countries, which have a very strong social safety net 4/
