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Originally Posted by BigBen
I want everyone to have the same chance, whether you are in a position of extreme wealth or poverty.
And I would beg to disagree about the whole lottery thing, Ustwo. I think you and I won the baby lottery, and are living in our repsective locations instead of Bangladesh, the Ivory Coast, Somalia, and 100 other countries. Do you catch what I'm throwing?
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Ben I think the problem is, what you are advocating is as against human nature as communism. I have a son myself, 16 months, obnoxiously cute. I will see to it that he has EVERY advantage I can give him, I will work harder myself to do so, I will give him extra schooling if needed. He will not be spoiled, he will learn the value of hard work, and earning your own keep. This is what most parents want for their kids, trying to make it all equal would only work if we were all raised in a creche instead of families.
Why expand beyond your minium if you can't give it to your family when you die?
I see this in a lot of parents, not just wealthy ones. I know a waitresses who put her kids in private schools, its a prime motivator to give to our children. For every Paris 'spoiled rotten whore' Hilton there are tens of thousands of kids who enter the family bussiness or whatever and succeed on their own merit.
Life can NEVER be fair to everyone, its just not possible and when you try to make it fair it tends to make it far more funfair to a majority of the people than fairer to others. We already give out free educations, and have societies that allow upward mobility, something that is often lacking in those other countries you speak of. At some point you have to let people do their thing.