be unfair

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California Tax Foundation visiting fellow Jared Walczak said that the water’s edge option exists for a reason and that it would be unfair to mandate worldwide reporting.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

It’d be unfair to blame Iger alone for Disney’s transition from stock leader to laggard.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

They continued: "It's not just one prison office who's to blame. That would be unfair."

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2025

"It will be unfair for Nigeria to accept 300 Venezuelan deportees," he said, suggesting that the recent visa curbs on Nigerian travellers by the US was not "reciprocal" but a pressure tactic.

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025

He argued, reasonably, that it would be unfair to American athletes to let German politics deprive them of their chance to compete on a world stage.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown