Ted Poe: “We have heard a lot about fairness from the President lately. Perhaps his Chicago advisers think that if he distracts…”

“We have heard a lot about fairness from the President lately. Perhaps his Chicago advisers think that if he distracts, divides, and creates envy all in the name of so-called ``fairness,'' Americans will ignore their thin wallets and stacked up bills. But the people are smarter than back-room government policycrats. If the President is reelected in January, he will have inherited a weak economy from his predecessor--himself. Then who will he blame? The President was elected to solve problems, not place blame and make excuses for failure. Like most Americans, I want the administration to succeed, but the evidence is not on the administration's side. With unemployment higher than 8 percent for 41 months--even higher for recent college graduates at above 50 percent--and our deficit above $15 trillion, there isn't much of a record to stand on. So we are involved in a new Madison Avenue campaign diversion called ``Remake America'' to make America ``fair.'' Of course, fairness is in the eyes of the beholder, and it means different things to different folks; but it certainly sounds good at first glance. Mr. Speaker, let's look at this idea. The politics of ``fairness'' are used when politicians want you to ignore their record and then claim that some people just haven't been treated fairly. This is a mere diversion from failed policy, failed ideas.…”