• There is nothing inherently fair about equalizing incomes. If the government penalizes you for working harder than somebody else, that is unfair. If you save your money but retire with the same pension as a free-spending neighbor, that is also unfair.

  Arthur C. Brooks
  American social scientist and musician
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. free-spending
2. equalizing
3. government
4. penalizes
5. somebody
6. neighbor

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There is nothing inherently fair about equalizing incomes. If the government penalizes you for working harder than somebody else, that is unfair. If you save your money but retire with the same pension as a free-spending neighbor, that is also unfair. by : Arthur C. Brooks

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