Hi, Pork Roll,
I know this is going to sound pretty bad … but ‘fairness’ as it is used by our President is a red herring that has many of the news hounds going in circles as they simply lose Obama’s trail. ‘Fairness’ really is a meaningless word in this economic context. For example:
Growing up with siblings, the idea of sharing and taking turns and learning to play by the rules - and not run with scissors, is standard operating procedures for a family. But, here we have our parent(s)/guardian(s) looking out for us because we are children. Once we are grown up, we are expected to apply these principles as we make a living for ourselfs and our family. I do not think anyone goes out and opens up their bank account for anyone who wants some of our money - because this is ‘fair’ or this is ‘sharing’. We identify which charity or charities we want to support and work with our money in this direction … at least this is what a lot of people do. Income redistribution via governmental fiat is not how ‘fairness’ works in this economy. If you want a role model for how income redistribution works or how total governental control of an economy (ultimate fairness) works - look at Russian before the fall of Communism, and N. Koreia today. People were treated like slaves - unless they were in the Party.
The challenge that Obama has yet to grasp is how do we get everyone to prosper, now how do we sink everyone’s expectations to conform to a failed economic philosophy of Karl Marx.
But, just for the fun of it… imagine that we have all gone along with Obama’s idea of fairness - our money goes into Washington and comes out redistributed … less the fees for the federal government, the waste, fraud and abuse that see with poorly monitored agencies (e.g., GSA) poorly thought out ideas ($500 million additional to the IRS already allocated for ObamaCare although the Supreme Court has yet to rule on it) and the various boon-doggles like the solar panel company Solyndra that went bankrupt after handing our bonuses to the executives… all at taxpayer expense. Now, we are only talking about money here - but, look at principles like how the Congress exempts themselves from the laws they pass on the rest of us. ‘Fairness’ just seem to be taking a real beating when the government gets its hands on it.
Ultimately, we are all made the poorer - both financially and psychologically with such a devious manipulation of the language. Maybe we all should re-read ‘Animal Farm’ to see what other creative uses language can serve.
God bless
But, neither The soviet Union, or North Korea. Are, or were, working models of socialism. That greed is out of control and leading our country to ruin. Well, it’s beyond dispute. In case you haven’t noticed. The wealthy are getting wealthier. The poor are getting poorer. Our nations infrastructure is crumbling.