Opportunities are unequal because that’s how it’s meant to be,even our fingers aren’t equal right?Just like an instance of “big” and “small”,God didn’t create everything big,He also created small creatures,so in my own opinion everyone in the society can’t attain equal opportunities.The economy would only grow faster if the government establish productive initiatives where the citizens learn new skills that would stand as a mean of providing their basic needs,the idea of giving the masses a start up fund would be helpful to only those set of individuals that are productive,majority might lavish the fund and still expect the government to give a start up fund another time.
If there are limited number of citizens, I think giving equal opportunities will be given justice. But we are talking already hundreds of thousand or million citizens here, so it won't be possible at all.
But instead, let those funds be a good source of livelihood for the people, especially the poor individuals that have no stable jobs. That way, the rate of poverty if not completely eradicated, at least it will be reduced or minimized. And I know that is everyone's target for any struggling government.