Roger’s Rules

By Roger Kimball

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Lorne
2008-08-20 11:10:47

Fair – What is fair anyway? This is such a hard question to answer and in fact cannot be answered because we all have a differnet idea what fairness is. I am getting old now (60yrs old) and my idea of fairness has been developed over the years.When I was young (early 70′s) I was always telling ny father (a successfull small biz owner) he should give his money to help poor people. My hippie girfriend had considerable inluence on me. Her father was an heavy drinker and on welfare most of the time. I used to complain to both my mother and father hat they did’t spend enough time with me. Both my parents came from household of extreme poverty. I did not understand that they were driven to create a diferent enviroment for my sister and me. Their 80 hour work weeks went on well past the time they required additional wealth but by this many people were depndant on the business my father had created. My father used to tell me all the time that once I was educated and out of the house, not to expect any further help in the way money.