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Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is in the declaration of independence; the only thing is, it is an affirmed right of man, the government has no bearing on the equation. It simple states the government has no claim or power over your life, your liberty, or the (reasonable) pursuit of your happiness.
The only bearing government would have in the question was if it were restrictive of your pursuit to life; the lack of federal subsidized universal health care is not a restriction on your life or liberty.
And last but certainly not least, as has been pointed out to me several times ini arguments over state/religion, the DoI is not the law of the land, the constitution is.
The constitution is a framework for our government, there is only one law in the constitution and it pertains to treason. The Bill of Rights and the following amendments are restrictions on government, it is not a bill that codifies law, it restricts the power of the government and affirms the natural inalienable rights of the people.
In short, it would not be unconstitutional per say as far as I can tell as the congress has the right to levy taxes, and it would be an issue of amendment and voting as laid out by the constitution. But to say it is an affirmed right is just false.
Luckily for us the FF's in their wisdom left the door open for change, it just sucks now-a-days that people seem to think the government has the responsibility/right to do certain things, when there is no mention of it in the constitution; it complete circumvents the system and takes the power out of the hands of the people.
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