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Originally posted by brianna
there are certain thing in life that should be considered inaliable right (life, liberty, etc) and i see no reason why a right to health care without having to forfeit your future should not be one of them. [/B]
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Here is the fallacy in your equating health care with the "inalienable rights" - someone else must pay for it.
One of these things is not like the other:
Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness, Health Care
The first three are negative rights - easily summed up in the phrase "the right to be left alone". Health Care is an example of a "positive" right - which is another term for a need to be satisfied by someone else's labor. The inherent problem with demanding the fulfillment of a "positive" right is that it requires an infringement of another individuals's right to be left alone.