In a recent editorial David Brooks says,

"Equal opportunity, once core to the nation’s identity, is now a tertiary concern. If America really wants to change that, if the country wants to take advantage of all its human capital rather than just the most privileged two-thirds of it, then people are going to have to make some pretty uncomfortable decisions."  http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/10/opinion/brooks-the-opportunity-gap.html

How would you identify the "uncomfortable decisions?"