“The fundamental producer of income inequality is freedom.”

“The fundamental producer of income inequality is freedom.”  Now there's a ponder-worthy quote, and it's my quote of the day.  The writer was George Will, in a shouldn't-be-missed column at NRO.  In the occasional conversation I've had with friends about income inequality, I've always defended it as a good thing, and a reflection of capitalism at work – but Mr. Will has reduced that idea to its most pithy, powerful form in that one short sentence...