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originally posted by: DBCowboy
Rights are easier and simply just a joy to defend.
Because who would want to be against rights?
Right?
So if they can convince people that healthcare is a right, then selling the masses a "single-payer" system or socialized medicine would be a simple maneuver.
The other issue is see is that many think that government grants rights.
Governments create programs, governments do NOT grant rights.
"Natural rights are those that are not dependent on the laws or customs of any particular culture or government, and therefore universal and inalienable (i.e., rights that cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws). ... The concept of natural law is closely related to the concept of natural rights."
en.wikipedia.org...
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: whywhynot
I stand corrected.
Slavery was once a legal right.
originally posted by: grainofsand
a reply to: SaturnFX
Coastguard, Fire and rescue services are not a right either but nobody seems to complain about them being provided collectively by tax dollars.
originally posted by: seasonal
a reply to: burdman30ott6
If we were to undo the insurance industry the medical industry would collapse.
The medical "customers" cannot afford the products. And it would literally be people dying in their apartments.
originally posted by: grainofsand
a reply to: rickymouse
Lol, I can't comment on that as a Brit, but I've got ya on municipal fire and rescue funded by tax dollars. Socialist, I tell thee!
originally posted by: grainofsand
a reply to: rickymouse
Lol I get ya
I have been treating a deep hand wound last couple of weeks myself because th ER would've gone for stitches and I wouldn't have been able to meet work commitments in case I tore them.
I cleansed and strapped twice a day, gotta be done sometimes.
originally posted by: seasonal
a reply to: burdman30ott6
If we were to undo the insurance industry the medical industry would collapse.
The medical "customers" cannot afford the products. And it would literally be people dying in their apartments.
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: whywhynot
I stand corrected.
Slavery was once a legal right.