An Innate Sense of Fairness

When you hear some political figure saying he is going to make sure folks are paying "their fair share" of the expense of running the government, it's best to know whose chickens he's talking about:

The organizer told the peasant, “When we come into power, if one man has two acres of land and one man has none, we will take one acre from the man with two acres and give to the man who has none.”

“That’s good,” said the peasant.

“And if one man has two mules, and one man has no mules, we will take a mule from the man who has two mules and give it to the man who has none.”

“That’s good,” said the peasant.

“Furthermore,” promised the organizer, “if one man has two chickens, and another man has no chickens, we will take one chicken from the man who has two chickens and give it to the man who has none.”

“That’s bad,” said the peasant.

“That’s bad?” asked the organizer. "Why is that bad?"

“I have two chickens,” said the peasant.