Hmmm, I agree that life isn't fair, Mike and that the govt. can't and shouldn't provide equal outcome. BUT...I think more could be done in the area of equal opportunity to ensure that it's practiced and not only recorded in some book.
On Wednesday, April 9, 2014 10:36 AM, Mike Dixon <[email protected]> wrote: Share, the government can insure *legal opportunity*via our laws. It can't insure *circumstantial opportunity*which is based on our karma. The one intelligent thing I remember Jimmy Carter saying was "life isn't fair", at least as how we define *fair*, all things being equal. The government can provide equal opportunity, it can't promise equal outcome nor should it. On Wednesday, April 9, 2014 7:48 AM, Share Long <[email protected]> wrote: Richard, I don't agree with the idea that everyone in America has equal opportunity for anything. It's an ideal which we haven't reached yet imo. Do you really think that a black male born in the ghetto has equal opportunities with a white male born to a wealthy family?! On Wednesday, April 9, 2014 7:05 AM, Richard J. Williams <[email protected]> wrote: On 4/9/2014 4:54 AM, salyavin808 wrote: A similar figure in England. I think they call it "wealthfare" a helping hand for those at the top, who want to stay there.... > So, what does Mike Dixon have to do with U.K. finances? In the U.S., most individuals that are wealthy get that way through capital gains from stock investments in corporations. In any given year, there are probably only .01% of the really wealthy whose portfolio increases. Many U.S. citizens have pensions that are invested in large corporations - 501k plans - which constitute their life savings and retirement funds. In the U.S., everyone has an equal opportunity to make money to invest or spend.
