Why Health-Care is Not a Human Right
Michael Moore Considers Food, Housing and Health-care to Be Human Rights. I Strongly Disagree
We have the right to succeed or fail by our OWN efforts, our own unique abilities, determination and hard work, with the voluntary help from our families, friends, churches, charities, luck and God. We also have the freedom to voluntarily choose who to help if and when we so desire.Our Constitution and laws protect us from unfair interference of our individual pursuits by government, criminals, invaders, and religious leaders.
Most of the constitution protects us from the government. Our founders understood that all of human history has proven that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Our constitution was carefully crafted to put checks and balances on governmental power in order to restrict governments encroachment on our natural instinct that yearns to be free.
We are guaranteed equal opportunity, but not equal outcome. Equal outcome is IMPOSSIBLE because all humans are unique individuals with different desires, talents, strengths, weaknesses, abilities, disabilities, and emotional makeups. No two people are alike. As such, it is only possible to guarantee individual freedom and opportunity, not equal happiness, not equal wealth, not equal housing, food nor health-care. We are free to try to acquire our desires in a free society, unfettered by government, religion, criminals and foreign powers.
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I'm a 53 year old male. My unique life experiences helped form my political and social views. I write about conservative news and opinion, mostly opinion. I base my views on my personal experience, reason an... View profile
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Post a Commentno one is turned away from treatment in the u. s. there are different levels of treatment like with everything in this world. housing,food,cars,vacations,spouses,etc.… why do we believe the gov owes us equal health care, when no ones expects equal housing. where some one lives is a component of health(near refineries,dangerous drug neighborhood, flooding, etc) should we expect the gov. to put me in a better neighborhood where the air is clearer and there is no violet crime. should i expect the gov. to supply the healthiest food to my house(whole foods etc..)so i can live a long healthy life. should i expect the gov to give me a volvo(one of safest cars) to keep me healthy. should i expect the gov to pay for my vacations for stress relief(component of health). or should the gov ensure my sexual health(a component of health as written by maslow) by supplying the best wives or girlfriends etc.... you see we all cant have the best, usually that is reserved for the hardest working(evoluti
First of all let me say that I agreed with much of what you said in the second half of the article you linked. Your views on the way health insurance should be used and the way people avoiding health bills should be treated is probably a fair assessment. (side note%2C what about people on insurance who are later diagnosed with a chronic condition, who require daily meds, covered or not?)
However, I strongly disapprove of the tone you level at the Obama administration. Regardless of your opinions on what you think the result of his policies will be, I would contend that he believes that he is doing the best thing for you, myself, and the country as a whole. So please limit yourself to criticizing his policy decisions, instead of his intentions.
On the point of the government 'socializing industry,' companies like AIG and GM would not even exist today were it not for government intervention. Imagine what the unemployment rate would be then%21 And since the feds have saved these compani
First of all let me say that I agreed with much of what you said in the second half of the article you linked. Your views on the way health insurance should be used and the way people avoiding health bills should be treated is probably a fair assessment. %28side note%2C what about people on insurance who are later diagnosed with a chronic condition%2C who require daily meds%2C covered or not%3F%29%0D%0AHowever%2C I strongly disapprove of the tone you level at the Obama administration. Regardless of your opinions on what you think the result of his policies will be%2C I would contend that he believes that he is doing the best thing for you%2C myself%2C and the country as a whole. So please limit yourself to criticizing his policy decisions%2C instead of his intentions.%0D%0AOn the point of the government %27socializing industry%2C%27 companies like AIG and GM would not even exist today were it not for government intervention. Imagine what the unemployment rate would be then%21 And since
Rutger, The whole point of our constitution is to ensure that leaders who become tyrants like you have checks and balances placed on their power. The constitution protects us from tyranical rulers who might say: "if i ruled the world you would be the first person i make give up all your goods just for being a dick head".
Rutger, I addressed your concerns about conservative compassion in my article. I will reprint the part here incase you missed it:
We have the right to succeed or fail by our OWN efforts, our own unique abilities, determination and hard work, with the voluntary help from our families, friends, churches, charities, luck and God.
yes i agree we should totally keep troops in Iraq and let them die, and also we should eradicate every poor person who has extreme medical bill and can not afford a house or food! screw them the dont work for their money cause they cant, you republicans and right wingers are a bunch of selfish stink holes remember what would jesus do? would he keep all his moneyand posessions for him self or would he give his spare room and extra food and medicine, if i ruled the world you would be the first person i make give up all your goods just for being a dick head.