I suspect the "all men are created equal" of the Declaration of Independence has been distorted to authorize "wealth distribution" and the other appealing "gimmes" of America's growing socialism / communism.
That was written when many countries had pretty much all-powerful monarchs and was meant to counter the prevalent notion of Deity-derived absolute royal authority, in my opinion.
I suspect a modern phrasing of it would be "all persons are created with equal opportunity"... not that they are all actually created equal.
This is a terrifying thought to some who believe they are deserving of and entitled to all the same benefits and trappings of wealthier people. There would no longer be an "average" anything, wealth, property, number of kids, type of car... we would all be ant-like, uniform to the core.
Indeed, "equal."
Terry, 230RN
"Get back in line there, George!
Oh, wait, you're all named George."