By Neal Boortz via Townhall.com:
Among the rights guaranteed (not “given” as Bill Clinton believes) to you in our Constitution are:
- Freedom of religion
- Freedom of speech
- The right to peaceably assemble.
- The right to petition the government
- The right to keep and bear arms
- The right to be free of unreasonable searches and seizures
- Protection from double jeopardy
- Due process
- A speedy and public trial by jury
- The right to legal counsel when charged with a crime
With one exception, the right to representation in court and a trial by jury, these rights require nothing of any other citizen but that they recognize your rights and not interfere with them.
Your “right to health care” would require some other person to give up a portion of their life or their property to either treat you or to provide you with drugs or medical implements. The Constitution does not provide for another individual to be indentured to you in this manner.
Therefore, you have no “right” to health care.
Deal with it.
Stolen from: Shamalama
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I came back to this blog to leave this comment. I was having a debate (read: argument) about the supposed "right to health care" in my ethical morality class. I used the point that you mentioned: your rights should not require me to do any more then to respect your rights. Everyone was very impressed by that point, so I made sure I contributed it to "this great blog I read every day."
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