What Does Equal and Fair Mean?

A couple of words that we will be hearing from the Democrats and the President this year are "Equal" and "Fair." They will use these words so often that they might start to loose their meaning. So, let's make sure to get down what their dictionary definitions are:

Equal - like for each member of a group, class, or society

Fair - conforming with the established rules

Why do I define the words? Because words have an established meaning. We must be reminded of this established meaning because then we know when the meanings are being twisted.
So now let's look at a quote from this video from the President:

"...an America where everybody gets a fair shot, everyone does their fair share and everybody plays by the same set of rules"

That sounds great!!! I do want an America where everybody gets a fair shot, everyone does their fair share and everybody plays by the same set of rules.

Will that happen? I very very much doubt it. Currently only 53% of Americans pay income taxes. About 30% of the 47% that do not pay taxes, actually make money in the form of tax credits. For instance, a single parent who makes $16,000 a year with two children, and pays NO taxes, before any other welfare or government assistance, will receive a tax "refund" of $5,044. So taxes actually BOOSTS their income to $21,044.
That is an extreme example you say. Ok, let's play with the numbers and figure out when this single person with two children actually has to start paying taxes... around $34,000. That is when this person starts to actually pay in to the system. That sounds hardly fair.