The freedom
of all Americans to compete academically, athletically, artistically
and economically must inevitably result in an inequality of incomes,
wealth and rewards. Why?
Because all men and women are by nature and nurture unequal. Some
are talented, ambitious, industrious, lucky. And in a free society,
such men and women will always reap a disproportionate share of
fame and fortune.
The only way
to equalize rewards is to take from those who have earned and give
to those who have not. And that requires the kind of redistributionst
regime the Founding Fathers would have risen up against.
Patrick J. Buchanan
