The Hubris of Fairness

One of the wonders of the current administration is their willingness to take on the responsibilities of ""fairness." This huge idea, about which volumes have been written, is apparently all wrapped up by a couple of guys in Washington. We will just mete fairness out now and things will be fine.

It is difficult to figure which description is most apt here, arrogance, madness or foolishness. Imagine declaring you are going to be the arbitrator of fairness. Imagine the view of the world you must have. Worse, imagine an inflexible, favoritism-ridden bureaucracy saying this. Chutzpa? Insanity? Where would you start? Defrauded elderly? Mishandled students? Companies excluded from contracts because they do not pay bribes? The high paid athlete who has a bad year? The farmer's disproportionate contribution to society versus his reward? The low paid athlete who has a good year? People who have saved all their lives only to have their savings destroyed by inflation? Good people who get sick young? The crushed hopes of great expectations?

These politicians have no shame. None. They will say anything, the more noble the better. But it may be a hard sell to convince people that the government bureaucracy has figured out a problem that every parent struggles with daily.