The Independent of the UK is reporting on a new social engineering program being considered by the British government.
The government has determined that:
Young people from poor backgrounds have less chance of landing a highly paid job than their parents did because some measures of social mobility have gone backwards.
According to the British government this is unfair and needs to be fixed. Instead of leaving this to personal motivation or telling people to “work hard,” “apply themselves,” the British have decided that a law would be the best way to solve the problem.
Ministers will consider imposing a new legal duty on the Government and the rest of the public sector to close the gap between people from different backgrounds in every policy decision they make.
Wow! A law that requires the government to make sure that all of their decisions are focused on providing, not equal opportunity but, equal outcomes for all.
First, I’m not sure how you would contemplate equal outcomes in all government business. Can you imagine the discussion of what the implications of say building a new bridge might be, under this bill? Things like: What are the workers paid and what are their socioeconomic situations, who will use the bridge will there be as many poor people as wealthy people? You can take this to its logical stupid conclusion.
More importantly, with a law like this, how does the government not become paralyzed? It would seem like every decision that is made would be ripe for a lawsuit from someone claiming that they didn’t receive their economic equality out of the decision.
At least there’s one person in Britain that understands that you can legislate this kind of stuff:
Theresa May, the shadow Equality minister, said: “The Government thinks social inequality can be solved by passing a law. You don’t make people’s lives better by telling them they have a legal right to a better life.
You’re right Theresa, you can’t. However, you can fill them full of hopeychange and promise that you’ll do this exact thing for them if only they elect the messiah!
