When you hear the word "fairness" tossed around during the Vice Presidential Debate by Joe Bidden it sounds so just... we all want fairness don't we? Well what does he mean by fair?

The way that Bidden defines fair would mean that there could never be a winner in a high-school foot ball game. Ability and Effort become meaningless in a system where the definition of fair is the outcome not the rules of play.

Is it fair that a movie star makes millions of dollars while a teacher gets by on a subsistence living? Is it fair that a Police man in LA makes 90K a year and one in rural Montana makes 40K? Is it fair that a successful Wall Street CEO makes 5 million a year, while a .260 hitting third baseman for a non-playoff making baseball team pulls down 8 million? Is if fair that a 6' 8" guy can slam dunk a basket ball and I can't? Is it fair that I write great songs but don't get played on the radio when the Jonas Brothers have top ten hits? Is it fair that I can't grow watermelons in the mountains when all those farmers in the Imperial Valley can? Is it fair that I drive a 10 year old car with a 160K miles while there are people in my neighborhood who buy new cars every other year? Is it fair that one of my son's has a genius IQ and the other a learning disability?

A zero down loan and boat load of consumer debt is a persons personal responsibility, not a result of a systemic unfairness. Sacrifice, hard work and deferment of gratification should be the keystones of success, not a government handout.

What is fairness really?

Fair is not equal results, but equal opportunity.

Having a level playing field where your ability and effort are rewarded to level of your accomplishment without being given an artificial leg up or an artificial handicap. The government's mandate should be to give us a level playing field, not to handicap the race and try to determine the outcomes.