[boernard]

this is a very limited mindset. Poor people that are not able to move into middle class will in the long run cause a lot of instability. Poverty and level of education are correlated. Living in a democracy with more people being poorer opens the door to populists with short sighted politics (hi Donald)

[watwut]

But, it was not so much poor who ended up voting for Trump. He has same support among middle class and rich. The main predictor is race and secondary smaller is gender, not so much poverty.

[rgersten]

One interesting citation that partially backs up both you and the parent - http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/education-not-income-pre...