Most people want to be fair. They believe in fairness. This reality creates challenges for our politicos and policy wonks who’ve chosen to defend the existing blatant unfairness that benefits the most privileged among us. Their strategic response to this challenge? They position themselves as fearless champions of fairness! We’re now witnessing this phenomenon once More

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