I am inclined to comment in relation to the reference of "the right to pursue happiness." For some people that is jumping out of perfectly good airplanes, some free climbing a cliff. Yet these are inherently risky behaviours. Does anyone foresee the Government deciding that any injury is a result of reckless actions and the responsibility of the individual person?

Quote Originally Posted by steelish View Post
We are all fundamentally equal in terms of our inalienable rights. No matter whether you are an atheist, Christian, Taoist, Muslim, Jew, Mormon, Lutheran, etc. there's no doubt that at the moment of birth, we are all intrinsically equal. The equality we are born with is the equality that should be preserved in America, not equality of economics...not equality of "things accumulated"...but equality of the right to pursue happiness.

The government might try to "spread the wealth" but no matter how hard they try, it will never be equal. It's much like a pond. On the surface it appears even, yet everyone knows that ponds are not of an equal depth all the way across. Forcing equality on a large population of citizens will be like pointing at that pond and saying "look, there's an equal amount of water no matter where you step".

Show me a country that successfully "spread the wealth" and has complete equality with a majority of the citizens singing the praises of the government that "equalized" them and I might actually begin to see a glimmer of hope.