Fairness and Fair Share

These two terms are being used constantly by the president, the administration and the media. Every time the discussion of taxes comes up we hear about fairness somewhere in the conversation.

My problem is that these terms are never defined. They have come to mean that everybody gets the same no matter what and for no good reason. Sadly most people do not seem to know what fairness means. Maybe this has happened because of the dumbing down of our society. Maybe it's happened because of the silly notion of self esteem and that it is always important that everyone gets the same treatment.

My problem is this.... Should a person who really works hard at school get the same grade as the person who spends all his time partying and can't pass any of the tests? Does this mean the tests should be changed? Should he be forced to give his A grade to someone less fortunate or maybe take a C so someone else can go from an F to a C? If you work a lot of overtime should you be forced to share it with someone who doesn't work at all so that you all have the same amount of money?

In a nutshell this really is the idea of fairness as it's being put forward by the president and the administration. The news media is more than happy to allow this understanding to continue and even encourage it.

Fairness does not mean you always get what everyone else gets for no good reason. Fair means that you get what you deserve which would of course be fair in which case you have no claim to the rewards of another's labors, no matter what they are? If not this then fairness means you get what everyone else gets under equal circumstances. By this definition again you would not have any right to the fruits of another person's labors, only that you would have a right to the fruits of your own labor.

The problem with the entitlement society is that people have become lazy and just want stuff given to them. They either don't understand or simply wish to ignore the fact that if everyone wanted to live off everyone else's labor then no one would be working and we would all be equally destitute. Now I'm sure our communist/socialist/progressive representatives and president would love to see this form of fairness but as an American I want to keep the fruits of my labors.

Let's get back to the meaning of words.

It's not fair that the government should take my hard earned money and give it to someone who isn't lifting a finger to help themselves any more than it's fair that I should take your hard earned money and give it to myself because I don't want to work. This is called robbery not fairness!