I think you can argue that food and shelter are covered under the preamble, specifically the phrase
"promote the general Welfare" I don't think that unless you're very twisted, starving bodies in the streets don't exactly promote the general welfare. On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Governing is an imperfect (to say the least) attempt >> to strike a balance and safeguard and ensure the free exercise of >> basic rights. I believe that basic health care plays an important and, >> in our country, under-recognized role in that equation. > > Food and shelter are not classified as rights and they are the most > basic of all needs. If they are not rights, I just don't see how > health care can be a right. A luxury that, in an ideal world,everyone > could enjoy, but a luxury nonetheless. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:323935 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
