The answer to inequality is this: Life isn’t fair

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | October 31, 2014 | Ruben Navarrette

[artichokegrower]

“There is always inequity in life. ... It’s very hard ... to assure complete equality. Life is unfair.”

—President John F. Kennedy

These days, the most troubling four-letter word in America is spelled F-A-I-R.

[artichokegrower]

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness..

We are all given the right for the pursuit of happiness you just aren't guaranteed happiness.

[mrsmith]

Ask a minimum wage worker “Where does your boss get the money to pay for his fancy car?”
He’ll say:”From my work!”

Ask a minimum wage worker “Where does your boss get the money to pay for his high taxes?”
He’ll say: “Huh?”

Life especially isn’t fair for the stupid.

[Politicalkiddo]

“The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.”—
Aristotle

[Palio di Siena]

The most troubling 4 letter word is C-A-I-R

[Palio di Siena]

The most troubling 4 letter word is C-A-I-R

[Palio di Siena]

The most troubling 4 letter word is C-A-I-R

[Palio di Siena]

Sorry about the multiple posts.

[GOPJ]

Ecclesiastes 9:11

I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all. (New International Version)

[BitWielder1]

When everyone are perfectly equal, then there is no upward path for anyone.

[DB]

The liberal mantra:

“diversity and fairness”

which is an oxymoron given any real thought... Everything must be equal while demanding we celebrate the different... The “correctly” different that is.

“Leading from behind” is another oxymoron that is supposed to be some sort of brilliant thought. Brilliant like the Emperor’s New Clothes...

[morphing libertarian]

Somewhere we switched from equality of opportunity to equality of results and now the government must be the guarantor. I think affirmative action may have been the precursor.

[The Antiyuppie]

I have wondered how “equal opportunity” (which SEEMS fair) morphed into inherent unfairness (quotas, admissions/promotions weighing on race vs. grades, and so on).

[Secret Agent Man]

what if we required tall people to have inches off thier legs removed and given to shorter people to make them taller.

why is it fair that people who have more of something, have more of it taken away from them? and that this is somehow regarded as fair? so what, they have more? why does that inherently mean it’s fair to TAKE more - and then give it to others who have less? shouldn’t it be their choiceto give to others rather than have govt redistribute it to those they want to give it to, and getpolitical points doing so? those that have more never get any points for their confiscated goods, just the politicians for taking it from them.

[aquila48]

There no worst hell on earth than enforced “equality “.

[Colinsky]

Re: Ecclesiastes 9:11

"The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong - but that's the way to bet.”

--Ring Lardner

[Falcon4.0]

I told my Children when they were growing up is that...
The only thing "FAIR" in life is that it is not fair for everybody.

[Altura Ct.]

It is not fair nor do all people have equal abilities.

[GOPJ]

LOL - well, there’s that too....