Let’s talk about rights, baby

Jonah Goldberg on where rights come from:

Which is the whole point. Health care cannot be a right, because rights cannot come from government. At best, they can be protected by government. The founders understood this, which is why our Bill of Rights is really a list of restrictions on the government in Washington. “Congress shall make no law . . . ” is how the First Amendment begins.

–Sam

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July 24, 2009 · Filed Under Rights, Sam

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8 Responses to “Let’s talk about rights, baby”

  1. Healthcare, Rights, and Human Rights. : The Public Philosopher on July 28th, 2009 9:44 am

    [...] As Sam pointed out, Jonah Goldberg at the National Review argues that healthcare is not a  ”right.”   He says that under Obama’s plan: …an official body - staffed with government doctors, actuaries, economists, and other experts - will determine which health-care treatments, procedures, and remedies are cost-effective and which are not.  Then it will decide which ones will get paid for and which won’t. Would a 70-year-old woman be able to get a hip replacement, or would that not be considered a wise allocation of resources? Would a 50-year-old man not be permitted an expensive test his doctor wants if the rules say the cheaper, less-thorough one is sufficient?  [...]

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