"That's not fair!"

THAT'S NOT FAIR!!! How many have us have said those words to parents, employers, friends, and spouses, and those of us that are parents from our children!!!! It was a favorite phrase of mine growing up until one day my step dad responded with "LIFE IS NOT FAIR SO GET OVER IT" and continued to say that he never wanted to hear me say that again.. and guess what, that is a phrase that I do not say anymore.
Now as an adult it is easily recognizable that life is not fair. Some people struggle daily to make ends meet while others seem to have wealth fall into their laps - it isn't fair... and it never will be.

But, what I don't understand is why some adults think that life should be fair!!! There are some obscenely rich people in our county and our government wants to tax them more since they make more . In a sense I can see how that would make things more "fair" to those people who cannot or will not provide for themselves, or so those who don't make as much money don't have to pay as much to our government.... BUT!!! how is that "fair" to the people who are having to pay extra in taxes?  Those people earned that money (or at least someone in their family did) so how is that "fair" to them? The top 10% of income earners in the U.S. pay almost 75% of all taxes, with the top 1% paying 40%, and a third of US Citizens do not pay ANY taxes into the government - how is this "FAIR"? Another thought that I had is the top 10% of income earners in America account for 25% of charitable donations... what happens if we tax them more (so we can keep everything fair) they don't have as much $$$ so they don't give as much to charities... so then the government has to pay out more to help those in need...

I had someone tell me one time that they were so excited that the government might start paying for college for students if they did so much charity work or something to that effect... I then asked them where they thought that money to pay for that schooling would come from, and that somewhat stumped them. When I had friends buy cars on the cash for clunkers - granted it was a good deal - all I could think of was that some of what I pay in taxes helped people get into new cars....

When the rich are rich... they start companies that hire people, the buy more stuff which in turns creates more jobs... we want them to be rich!! We want them to stay here and keep their money here and buy all their stuff here!!! Is it hard to watch them continue to make money while many of us are struggling - YES!!! but if they have less money then it could cause a hardship on all of us!

Here are a small list of things that I think every person in the United States needs to remember
1) LIFE IS NOT FAIR - GET OVER IT
2) The world does not revolve around you
3) You are not ENTITLED to ANYTHING except life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

Life is not fair, it never has been and it never will be.