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Originally Posted by dogzilla
What makes health case a special human right? Even more important is food, and possibly utilities, and I've not read of any plans Obama has to interfere with the grocery business or the utility companies
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The big secret in America is that you, as a nation, spend a lot less than other nations on your food bill. A lot less. This is because the US government is heavily involved in subsidizing your food industry (largely through corn and soy bean production).
A for ulitities... I don't know the answer to this but as I understand it (and I could be wrong), utilites are an essential service in the US. Can people have their power completely cut off, their access to fresh water, what about heat in the winter? All of these can be cut off in other parts of the world.
With regards to food, it wasn't Obama that set the particular food plan in motion... it was Nixon (not to say there wasn't a plan to keep food cheap prior to him it's just that with Nixon it was reformed to create the system you have today).
On top of this, you also have a little thing called food stamps (though I will admit, I don't know how that works).