On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > On the other hand, I believe that a basic, adequate, health > care system should be considered a fundamental right in our country > because it is required for "life, liberty and the pursuit of > happiness".
The basic problem with that argument is that health care is a service that must be provisioned. Rights are things you are allowed to do (speech, assembly, gun ownership), not services the government must provide for you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:323885 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
