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doesn't that violate the idea that we own ourselves?
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Now, let me deal first,
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with the objection that comes from the libertarian direction.
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Milton Friedman writes, in his book, "Free to Choose,"
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"Life is not fair.
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And it's tempting to believe that government can rectify
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what nature has spawned."
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But his answer is,
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"The only way to try to rectify that is to have
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a leveling equality of outcome."
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Everyone finishing the race at the same point.
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And that would be a disaster.