Personally, I'm not willing to give up even .1 of my gpa because it's more than a number… it could make a difference in opportunities for me and my children…

Audrey is not very smart. Maingirl is smart. Let's measure Audrey on a different scale.

At the top of Maingirl's scale, is the CEO of a multi-national corp. At the top of Audrey's scale is managing the local petsmart.

So a 2.0 for Audrey is just as good as a 4.0 for Maingirl in some ways because she's not aspiring as high as Maingirl. Which is fine, not everyone has the ambition to earn an MBA from an Ivy.

The democrats aren't saying, let's fire Bill Gates and have him manage a petsmart because Audrey, who's working at McDonalds wants to work at Microsoft.

They're saying, Bill Gates has $9213810293532224315678 dollars, let's take 203498 and give $45 to Audrey because that's the difference between what she earns and her rent, and let's give $96 to Sally because she's trying to get off welfare, and let's spend $2000 on little Bobby's kidney transplant.

Bill Gates is left with $4383826998584 and his job as CEO of Microsoft. Audrey isn't rich because of this "redistribution" and she's not even doing well. She still needs to get her shit together and make better decisions especially if she wants the manager's job. but you know, she can eat.

Not to mention when Maingirl gets cancer, and discovers her insurance for her mid-level management job maxes out at $1m and she goes through that and ends up broke AND can't work because of chemo, she'll have a system there to save her life and help her suffer less for a few months after she enters remission before she can work again.

I respect your position, it'sjust just something to think about.