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Interesting how many people try using inequality of outcomes as evidence for inequality of opportunities
by alphanullmeric 4y ago
Interesting how many people try using inequality of outcomes as evidence for inequality of opportunities
- kenjackson 4y agoEspecially since evidence of inequality of opportunity is so prevalent.
- alphanullmeric 4y agoWould you like to provide an example then? Government inequality please, I’m not interested in hearing why you believe a private party should be obligated to give you anything.
- kenjackson 4y agoIt’s not about being obligated or private parties. It’s just simply pointing out that not everyone has equal opportunity. You can start with access to prenatal health care, which literally starts before birth. And then you can find inequality of opportunity all the way up through life — from differences in water quality, school quality, access to money through inequality in banking access, access to high quality foods, etc…. This isn’t about the causes of these issues. But it’s obvious that not everyone has the same opportunities in childhood. It seems odd that you’d even question this.
- alphanullmeric 4y agoLike I said, I’m not interested in hearing why you believe other individuals should be forced to pay more money to things that would benefit you. Do you have any examples of government inequality? For instance, does the law require that a white student with the same SAT as a black student be prioritized?
- kenjackson 4y agoWe were talking about inequality of opportunity. There are lots of sources of this inequality. One example of government inequality is in sentencing of crimes. Also in arrests related to drug possession. Another example is tax breaks for the wealthy. And farm subsidies. Access to federal money for small businesses.
- alphanullmeric 4y agoSure, in the case I believe any inequality in sentencing and arrests should be eliminated. As should subsidies and non-consumption taxes, making tax breaks irrelevant/impossible. Seems like you have no such consistency.
- kenjackson 4y agoWhy do you say I have no consistency? I’m not making judgments. I’m simply pointing out that there is ample inequality of opportunity.
- tbrownaw 4y agoProbably referring to things like this: https://www.sba.gov/federal-contracting/contracting-assistance-programs/small-disadvantaged-business https://www.sba.gov/federal-contracting/contracting-assistan...