The progressive Left cites inequality as the central scourge of American society; per Bernie Sanders, it is “the great moral issue of our time.” With midterm elections around the corner, we can expect to hear Democrats hammer the issue in campaign ads, at rallies, and on talk shows, advocating proposals such as free college tuition and Medicare-for-all. In the political square, progressives claim to “own” the inequality issue. But what they miss — and what the Right must seize upon — is that inequality is indelibly linked to a bigger problem, the lack of upward mobility. The Left offers regulatory and redistributive measures that often hurt the very people they are designed to help the most. The Right can no longer cede the issue and must offer a better path forward. Focusing on the lack of upward mobility would allow conservatives a fresh chance to sell the public on the free-market principles that remain the best way of improving all American lives.
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