Rights Part II

Let's take someone we know is a right and compare it to something that people think is or should be a right and we will see the silliness of this thought process.

2nd Amendment, "right to bear arms"

Now if bearing arms is a right, does that mean the Government should be providing me with arms, or does it mean Government can't interfere with my RIGHT to bear arms.

Now class, if health care is a right, does that mean Government should be providing health care, or that Government can't interfere with your RIGHT to have health care.

I think you're starting to get it.

Rights

Freedom of Speech is a right, but that doesn't mean that Government provides you with free speech, it mean they can not interfere with you exercising free speech.

Now in that context, is Health Care a right, it is in the sense that Government can't stop you from having health care, not in the sense that they have to provide it.

It's implied in the Constitution that you have the right to travel, now of course that doesn't mean that Government has to provide you with transportation, only that they will not impede you from traveling.

Of course you can all see that this is the bi product of an uninformed and ill educated group of people, including the President of the US and Congress who must have never had a civics class of even studied law as they all or most so proclaim

Democrats' Health Care Plan: Tax the Middle Class, Loophole for Unions

Democrats' Health Care Plan: Tax the Middle Class, Loophole for Unions

Tax people who have health care so you can provide health care for people who don't have health care.......hurm......