Thank you Mr. President, for bringing up the issue of fairness.  I'm sure that's important to many people.  One curious thing, though, with regard to the application of "fairness" it seems that all the recommendations you have, are decided by the government.  Who decides what is fair?  Here's some suggestions: The average Federal employee can be paid no more than the average American employee, currently $42K a yr.  Wouldn't that be fair?  And the highest amount paid to any retired Federal employee should be no more than the highest Social Security monthly amount. Wouldn't that be fair? In the past few years, average Americans have lost ten percent of their income. All Federal employees shall receive ten percent pay cuts, and only receive increases when the average American earns more. Isn't that fair? After all, how can the government hope to get more money from taxpayers who are earning less? Working middle class Americans can't leave a job for months or...(Read Full Post)