Quote of the Day

British Tory Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, speaking about various types of "equality." My source is the London Evening Standard, hat tip to the Drudge Report for the link.

I think there is actually increasingly common agreement across the political spectrum you can't achieve equality of outcome, but you should be able to achieve equality of opportunity.

If opportunity is roughly equal, the rest is up to the individual's drive to take advantage of it. Determination and grit are uncommon virtues.