"The gift was never a reward for good decisions."
"It was a lesson in freedom."
Nobody understood what he meant.
Years later, the cousin who wasted her money became a financial advisor.
She often says blowing that $500 was the cheapest mistake she ever made.
The cousin who spent hers wisely graduated debt-free and built a successful career.
Both of them still talk about Grandpa's rule.
One learned from getting it wrong.
The other learned from getting it right.
Grandpa passed away years ago, but I still think about that whenever people argue over who deserves a chance.
Sometimes equal treatment doesn't produce equal outcomes.
And sometimes that's exactly the point.
One of the major reasons that Manchester and especially Liverpool have been transformed in the past 30 years was a huge amount of money from the EU.
Rejoining the European Union will actually help investment across the UK.