Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Politics - Not List Material

[Ken Rentiers (rentiers]

On Nov 14, 2009, at 12:20 AM, Michael James wrote:

> I would agree with this, in-part, if you didn't equate 'being  
> healthy' with a LUXURY.  So not-dying from Polio or the Swine Flu  
> ranks up there with buying a Porsche, in your view?  If you can't  
> afford something, you deserve to DIE?  And you wonder why the  
> NeoCons have an image and 'values' problem.....
>
> Next, you're going to tell me Jesus was wrong, too.  We are NOT our  
> Brother's keeper.  Gotcha.  "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of  
> Happiness - for the Upper-Class and GOP Members Only"  That's catchy  
> - Sarah Palin should run with that.

Leaving Jesus aside, nothing is more wrong-headed than insisting that  
health care is a "right".

Rights are defined as those natural prerogatives, God-given if you  
will, which accrue to any man. Being bestowed by God, they cannot be  
constrained by government. We all know the litany - Freedom of Speech  
etc. But your freedom to speak does not imply my mandatory attention  
to your thesis.

The rights of individuals are constrained by the equal rights of  
others. Your right to wave your arms to amplify the point you are  
making ends one inch from my nose. The plantation owner has no right  
to demand his cotton be picked unwillingly, and without just  
compensation, by others.

How then does one individual, or group of individuals, have the right  
to demand others give up the hours of their lives unwillingly and  
without negotiation to provide them with health care?

If your health care is a right, so then is picking my cotton.