Lazy Fair
26 January 2008
Editor, The New York Post
Dear Editor:
Jacob Sullum clearly explains the dangers lurking in Hillary Clinton's and so many other pols' eagerness to peel away our freedoms in the name of "fairness" ("'Fairness' v. Freedom," January 26). Had these "leaders" been around in 1776 we might have wound up with a Declaration proclaiming that all people have rights to "life, fairness, and happiness." Had they been around for the writing of the Bill of Rights, every American would now enjoy the unalloyed right to speak fairly, as well as to worship fairly, assemble fairly, and petition for redress of grievances fairly. Also constitutionally protected would be the press's right to report fairly.
Does anyone imagine that such institutionalized fairness would in practice be anything other than a recipe for tyranny?
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
Posted by Don Boudreaux on
Wednesday June 18, 2008 at 5:03pm