If you have money and support from family that makes things a lot easier

Also it a job cannot pay for two people and two kids as well as the associated costs that means their is a massive proplem

I would say we have Ronald Reagan and the move towards free market economics which has made people poor

Also with companies like Amazon and tech monopolies there's not enough competition to drive down prices

Most companies around by private equity and the same big investors in stock

Capitalism works best when there is competition and if there's just a few companies it's time to break them up

And restore true competition because if companies are still owned by the same people they have not truly

Been broken up

I would say American culture accepts inequality because Americans believe that one day they will rise to the top

Finally I would add that maybe social mobility is growing less due to reaching peak prosperity

It's only since the industrial Revolution in the 18th century that living standards have increased repeatedly

Along with prosperity since then