… chance to live a materially better existence or Whether they're going to stay in the circumstances where they came from. And one of the things we've learned, unfortunately, is that Upward mobility isn't as high as we'd like it to be in this country. And interestingly, it's very geographically distributed. So take Utah for instance. In Utah, a poor kid is actually doing very likely to live their share and their part in the American dream. (02:53–02:57)
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