(4) We want to foster a meritocracy, not a redistribution of wealth.


Use every man after his desert, and who should 'scape whipping?

Two problems with "meritocracy":

- who decides who merits?
- who decides what different merits are worth?

Or why is a banker* worth 10000 nurses, policemen or teachers?

What's needed is not a "redistribution of wealth" but a "redefinition of merit".


* UK slang, as in total banker.