What is the ultimate solution to income inequality in the US? [View all]

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Is the inevitable solution to income inequality to pay everyone the same amount, regardless of job, or lack thereof? Is anything less than entirely equal pay really equality? Is anything less than equality really a cure for inequality?

Should the system be scrapped entirely, with everything being provided equally to everyone by the central office? No pay. No taxes. Contribute to society in some way, most will work, I’d assume, to keep things functioning, and we all get the same reward, dispensed by the government. Should it be that way or similar?



Bonus question: Is it really about equality of income, in the larger picture, or equality of outcome?

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Equality of outcome, equality of condition, or equality of results is a political concept which is central to some political ideologies and is used regularly in political discourse, often in contrast to the term equality of opportunity.[2] It describes a state in which people have approximately the same material wealth or in which the general economic conditions of their lives are similar. Achieving equal results generally entails reducing or eliminating material inequalities between individuals or households in a society, and usually involves a transfer of income or wealth from wealthier to poorer individuals, or adopting other measures to promote equality of condition.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equality_of_outcome

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on edit: narrowed the scope of the post to income inequality