[exDemMom]

Income inequality cannot be solved by any government action, and it is stupid and short-sighted to even try. People are born with different talents and abilities—inequality is built into our nature.

Income equality could only be achieved by making everything the same across the board—thus removing any incentive to produce. A system of “equality” cannot exist.

[upchuck]

A system of "equality" cannot exist.

Bump!

[SMARTY]

If you don't finish school, if you bear children OUT of wedlock, if you cover yourself with tattoos, if you put hardware on your face, if you take drugs and break the law, and basically FU your chances of gainful employment ... you cannot ALSO expect to make as much money as the person who studied hard in school, and avoided all the distractions YOU couldn't resist!

[YepYep]

Yes, I agree.

And how terrible it would be if we were all alike. That would be a sort of robot society and UNFUN.

What’s that French phrase? Hooray for the differences!

[rbg81]

Equality of outcome cannot be expected where you have freedom (and thus a diversity of behaviors).

[i_robot73]

IMO, we should start with sports and entertainment/news:

All the talking heads, ‘movie stars’ and owners/athletes can make do with 2x the avg. of the State they reside, maybe even 3x.

For the sake of ‘science’, of course /s

[oh8eleven]

Income inequality cannot be solved by any government action
Sure it can. Just look at the great results (and trillions of dollars spent) of LBJ's Great Society scheme.
Oh wait ...

[aquila48]

“There is in fact a manly and legitimate passion for equality that spurs all men to wish to be strong and esteemed. This passion tends to elevate the lesser to the rank of the greater. But one also finds in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to want to bring the strong down to their level, and which reduces men to preferring equality in servitude to inequality in freedom.”

De Tocqueville