Posted by
Playful Walrus on Sunday, September 13, 2009 6:49:53 PM
Some of the letter writers to the
Orange County Register continue to do a good job explaining the immorality and unconstitutionality of universal, government-mandated health "insurance".
Steve Dufau of Fountain Valley wrote:
Once again I read in letters to the editor, the statement that "health care is a right." Exactly where in the U.S. Constitution is this "right"? I am unable to find, in the Constitution, where a citizen of the United States is entitled to the labor of a medical professional, on the governments dime. First of all, the only money the government has is what it confiscates from the citizenry as taxes.
While not all rights are enumerated in the Constitution, the document does tell the federal government what it is to do. Health care is not one of those things. Under the 9th and 10th Amendments, it is clearly not for the federal government to offer.
I doubt that Jane Freij [Sept 10]would go to her neighbor and demand that he or she pony up $500 or $600 so she could go to the doctor, yet she has no problem asking the government to do it for her. Taking what belongs to someone else, against their will, money or services, is stealing. It doesn't matter if is by government or an individuals, it is stealing.
Agreed. We should be very cautious what we leave to government to handle, even more so when we're talking the federal government as opposed to a local or state government.
According to the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, I have the right to own a fire arm, However I do not have the right or the expectation that the government would pay for that fire arm.
So very true. For some reason, the Leftists don't read the Second Amendment that way, yet they read things into the Constitution that are not there.
Dr. James Baker of Laguna Hills also chimes in:
Suppose you force a physician at gunpoint to provide you with medical care and pay him some amount of money. If one's opposition to this focused on economic compensation rather than the force, one concludes that it is acceptable to force your doctor to do as you want as long as you pay him well. Likewise, if force were acceptable then a doctor could to force you to be his patient as long as his fees were reasonable. In both situations force is immoral.
Keep up the good work, letter writers!