Education and Mobility

Those who work hard should be able to improve their socioeconomic situation. Those who work full time are, at the very least, entitled to the financial means necessary to support their families. Yet today, this vision of opportunity and mobility lies in shambles, as poverty wages perpetually deny educational and employment opportunities to our lowest earners.

When our workers are forced to work multiple jobs and are still pushed into government aid programs, the opportunity for economic improvement disappears. In the contemporary world, education lies at the foundation of employment opportunities and economic success, and poverty wage workers are hard pressed to find the time and financial resources necessary to pursue a higher education. Without educational opportunities, wage workers are automatically excluded from higher paying job opportunities. Too often, this denial of educational and economic opportunity is passed down the generations. So herein lies the paradox: the hard-working people who lie at the base of the Untied States’ economy, those most in need of opportunity, are trapped by poverty wages, which prevent further educational pursuits and any subsequent socioeconomic advance. Establishing a national living wage will alleviate some small portion of this economic injustice. This living wage will allow workers to provide for their families through their own hard work, as well as potentially create new educational access for wage workers and their children.

#SocioeconomicMobility #Education