Equality?

[Kendal]

but those were not spoken of...CEO of a corporation was spoken of.

To refresh your memory - I was talking about equal opportunity and how critically important it is that all should have equal opportunity when it comes to education. Class was mention and I loosely defined how I see class with CEOs in the top band and professionals in upper middle. You pointed out that people with poor education can be CEOs ( actually I dont think this is true for 95% iof top CEOs) and I acknowledge that but pointed out it does not hold true for the upper middle class bracket. That's a fair summary yes. So from my point of view the professional classes have been talked about and even if they were not., what are you saying... you cannot talk about them because they have not been spoken of before. Can we not introduce new points or what?

I don't know how you could get any more "equal" than it is now.

I guess no answer to that one is there. You achieved perfection.

those at the so called "bottom" do have jobs available to them because out of work executives and other such people who might think themselves "above" bagging groceries or sweeping floors

If i was a CEO and my HR manager hired an executive to bag groceries I would fire him for incompetence. I want a stable workforce not a revolving door. The executive will be looking in the jobs vacant column from day one. Come on, you are being over simplistic and unrealisitic here. And in any case, I don't think it's asking too much for a person to have a job at same similar level. Drop a rung or two on the ladder okay but crash dive to the basement no.

We are not (I am not) advocating "look out for yourself and to hell with everyone else".

No - you are advocating executives sweep florr and if they dont then no sympathy for them.

Instead of creating programs that create dependency, why can't we create programs that create independence?

being foreigner I dont know what you mean here but the point of government schemes, benefits, programs is to provide a safety net for those at the bottom or most in danger of falling. The goal is to increase wealth and standards such that nobody needs the net. The Harvard graduate does not need employment programs and high paid do not need free medical care. They are not dependant but if you do not help the less fortunate then you are condemning them to their fate.

Think of it this way - If you are raising a child, and give them everything...they never have to earn anything for themselves - no chores, no jobs, nothing. Everything gets handed to them. What kind of person do you think they will turn out to be?

You lost me here. What do you do in America..put the children to work making Nike shoes as soon as they are old enough to walk. The child is at school and presumably working doing school work. I never had chores and see no reason with they will not turn out like me.

The route to take would have been through more extensive and readily available education programs.

Yes I agree education is the way. The problem is if you have the man who is 30 with the 3 year old son if you wait for the education route you are basically skipping a generation and condemning that man. And as I understand it education for the poor mans son would be dependant on scholarships and we know how you hate dependency don't we