Equal treatment before the law is hardly equal opportunity. Think of that quote about how the law forbids the rich and poor equally from sleeping under bridges.

Equal treatment before the law is hardly equal opportunity. Think of that quote about how the law forbids the rich and poor equally from sleeping under bridges. The law does not correct for systemic inequalities. > As soon as one decides what amount of wealth is too much to pass on, one has set an arbitrary limit---is passing $1000 to one's children too much? How is it principally different from $10,000, or from $10 million? So set it at zero and be done, like what the person you were replying to was suggesting.