If everybody is equal it's not fair for somebody who happens to be rich, for example, to get a better education than someone else. That's why some of this discussion about vouchers has been cast as the battle of the haves and have-nots. But I would hold that neither of these things are true. It's not true that no one is any better than anyone else. Some people are smarter.
Some people work harder.
Some people are more talented. That's a fact of life. It also is not true that everyone is entitled to an equal share. This is precisely why vouchers are necessary in my view. The money will simply be reshuffled and redistributed by competition, and in the process I think everything is going to improve.