Another note on “Single Payer”, i.e., Socialized Medicine

I just saw that insipid commercial promoting the June 25th Rally in Washington DC for a single payer healthcare system.

I have a problem. (Anyone surprised)

Forget for a moment that they got just the right spokesperson. She definitely appeals to the target audience… No, my problem is with her statement “Healthcare is a right” WRONG

A “Right” is inherent.

A “Right” is God given and cannot be taken away except by force.

A “Right” cannot require anyone else to give up something.

A “Right” exists without anyone else’s input.

In other words, I have a right to free speech. I do not have the right to force a newspaper to carry my article or letter. I have a right to attend whatever church I want, but do not have the right to force someone to give me a ride to that church.

There can be no “Right” to healthcare because that would require someone else’s property to be used. To have the Government give you healthcare, either a doctor must work for free or someone else must work for free to pay for it. (That’s called taxes) both of these scenarios require the giving of one’s property to satisfy the so called “Right”. And I thought we did away with slavery.

So have your rally. You have the right to speak. You even have the right to ask for something blatantly unconstitutional.

You have NO RIGHT to my labor to pay for it.