 in all fairness it s not fair the opening paragraph of kurt vonnegut s short story harrison bergeron is a leftist rsquo s dream the year was 2081 and everybody was finally equal they weren t only equal before god and the law they were equal every which way nobody was smarter than anybody else nobody was better looking than anybody else nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else all this equality was due to the 211th 212th and 213th amendments to the constitution and to the unceasing vigilance of agents of the united states handicapper general there it is the ultimate goal of the liberal equality not just under the law but in all aspects of life the current word for this goal is fairness john stossel shows two recent examples of the government trying to impose fairness when colleges innovated by having students use kindle ebook readers instead of expensive textbooks the justice department sued them complaining that the kindle discriminates against blind students the department also is suing the massachusetts prison system because it makes prospective prison guards take a physical test since women don t do as well as men on that test justice claims the test discriminates against women better to reduce the capabilities of everyone increasing the cost as well then have a few that could not use the latest technology and gasp have to use a textbook and we should never ever tell a 5 rsquo 2 rdquo woman that she can rsquo t be a prison guard why she would want to be i don rsquo t know after all who needs to be physically strong to be a prison guard those are just murderers rapists and thieves behind bars perfectly lovely people on the same track  thomas sowell points out on the mindset of redistribution of wealth in the name of fairness redistribution of material resources has a very poor track record when it comes to actually helping those who are lagging whether in education in the economy or elsewhere what they need are the attitudes priorities and behavior which produce the outcomes desired and that is what is happening in the detroit school system teacher pay and money per student are among the highest in the state and the district graduates around 25 of the students new computers aren t going to help detroit students with so many societal problems in the city but the government solution is to throw more money at the problem and say we re trying there is a problem from the ground up that a few more dollars just aren rsquo t going to solve life s not fair of course some are born rich some are born to affluent parents while other are born to single mothers in the ghetto this will never change some will have loving parents and some will have horrible neglectful parents but the government can rsquo t legislate fairness any more than they can legislate the temperature of the planet no matter how much of our income it confiscates from us  