KG, as hard as it is to stomach for some, if you reward all equally, what incentive is there to better yourself and country? That's why Communism just don't work.
I've got many left-wing friends, and their sense of entitlement holds them back from the success they probably should have enjoyed, and they think everyone who does well is 'lucky'.
The fundamental difference between Labor and Liberal is, Labor give incentives to the least productive people, while the Lib's give incentives to the more productive people.
