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DIVERSITY – EQUITY – INCLUSION

This is the “battle cry” of the “Woke” crowd and on the surface these words sound harmless, even desirable.  I certainly enjoy diversity in my relationships with others.  I want everyone to have equity in their opportunity to succeed.  I am enriched by the inclusion of family, friends, co-workers and neighbors with diverse backgrounds, interests and ideas. 

DIVERSITY – INCLUSION

The “problem” I find with the “Woke” generation is in their application of these ideals.  I think most of us can see the similarities in “Diversity” and “Inclusion”.  In many ways two sides of the same coin.  To demonstrate:  discussions of political and religious views often includes both inclusion and diversity.  For example: The Christian faith includes a diversity of churches: Catholic, Baptist, Lutheran, etc..  However, in the “Woke Culture”  if a conservative or religious speaker wants to make a presentation at say, Harvard or Cornell University, two bastions of “Woke-ness”. They are shouted off stage, often pummeled with debris, even chased off campus.  In doing this we see the “Woke” crowd demonstrating their hypocrisy to a high degree.  Ideas that do not agree with theirs are not included in their definition of “Diversity” and “Inclusion”.  Religious Faith and Conservative Values are not in their lexicon.  At one time our Colleges were considered Citadels of  “Free Speech”.  No more!

On another front, in their demands for “Diversity” and “Inclusion” the more militant elements of the “Woke” LGBTQ culture are stealing the innocence of our children and the joys of their childhood. In the process these militant “Woke true believers” pursue their own agenda to recruit these young ones into a sexual lifestyle of “Gender Fluid”, choices, that as children, they are unprepared to make.  The  “Wokies” are also encouraging pubescent young men to “choose to become” (??) “Transgender” so they can share showers and locker rooms with young girls and then compete unfairly with them in athletic competition. This, and the encouragement of so called “Drag Queens” performing suggestively in front of young children, are all elements of the destructive path these militants are on in their attempt to indoctrinate the most innocent of our youth.

EQUITY

I am a believer in true equity and define it as equality of opportunity.  Just to be clear.  Equal opportunity is already the law in America.  The “Woke” crowd are demanding something else.  They want equity as defined by equality of outcomes.  You cannot legislate “equal outcomes” that will work.  Below is a short piece I shared some time ago about a professor who wanted to teach his students about equal outcomes.  This is followed by an article I wrote some nine years ago about  our government “Fixing Income Inequality”. 

THE PROFESSOR

“A group of students go to college.  Some students work hard,  study diligently and get all A’s & B’s.  Other students party, skip classes, do not study, attend marches and protests for “causes” and get D’s & F’s.  Their Professor says that in order to be “fair” to all students he has decided to “tax” the hard working students A’s & B’s  and share those grades with the lazy students who got the D’s & F’s.  In this way all students can average out at a “C” grade.    Some of the students are going to love this idea and others will likely hate it.  Can you guess which ones will love it?” 

FIXING INCOME INEQUALITY

The government says it wants to “fix” the problem of unequal pay and income.  They say too few are paid too much (the evil rich) while too many are not paid enough (victims of the rich).  The goal of the government is to equalize pay for all citizens.

Based on the governments track record of “fixing” things like the War on Poverty, our Public Education System, the Postal Service, Amtrak, and the growing National Debt, I am not sure we want them to try to “fix” income equality.  Or anything else.

I have a vision of what a likely government “fix” will look like.

First they will establish what is a reasonable amount for everyone to be paid. For sake of  this discussion lets say they decide on $60,000 a year.  That would be $5,000 a month.

Here is a plan that I am sure would appeal to every bureaucrats heart.  All residents of the United States of working age (18?) would receive a “salary” of $5,000 per month from the government who would function as the payroll department for all employers.  A “single payer” system under complete control of the government and IRS.   We could all become cogs in the wheel of the Proletariat masses.

Don’t worry, if you like your current job, you can keep it.  That’s a promise.

Your education does not matter.  Your age does not matter.  Race, religion, political party, type of work, skill level, work ethic, level of responsibility, or experience. None of these matter.  Unions could be eliminated, you wouldn’t need them.  No merit or performance pay, everybody gets paid the same.  Movie stars, Presidents, Barbers, Plumbers, Soldiers, Dog Catchers, Burger Flippers, Brain Surgeons, etc.

Visualize a Baseball Team under this system.  The owners, the managers, star players, beginning players,  bat boys, groundskeepers, peanut vendors, everybody gets exactly the same pay.

As desirable as this sounds in providing equal pay for all of us it would have the added benefit that the IRS could withhold their “fair share” before we see our paycheck with no need for us to ever file an annual return.  Who could possibly object to such a fair and equitable solution?   Consider this,  we would all get paid the same no matter how lousy a job we do.  Just like members of Congress.

If every citizen received the same amount of pay every month, do you think we would all have the same bank account at the end of the year?  Or would some have a fat bank account, another a new car and still another a giant hangover?

Perhaps government’s next task is to require equal outcomes for all of us?  It should be easy.  A plan to devolve all of us to the lowest common denominator.  Call it government approved cookie cutter equality.

An American melting pot filled with glassy eyed, average room temperature IQ automatons.

OPPORTUNITY CREATES WEALTH – EQUITY CREATES POVERTY

Bob Bandy – January 2023

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