Ok…’fair’ does have four letters but it is not a dirty word by any stretch. On the contrary, ‘is it fair’ is a great way to help measure what’s right and and what’s wrong.

Unfortunately, fairness has been missing in action from our public debates and in the halls of our legislature. For example: we believe tax cuts are a good thing but is it fair that they benefit the rich far more than the middle class and poor? And education…are we being fair measuring our children by a one-size-fits-all standard and leaving them behind? How about $140 a barrel oil…is it fair that Exxon made $34 billion last quarter and average Americans are getting their pockets picked at the pump? A resounding NO.

So to those who say “life isn’t fair”, I say “life is what you make it”. In the future, let’s insist that our elected officials include the issue of fairness before they create the laws that will shape our future.