Rand Paul: Food, Water And Health Care Are Not Human Rights

from http://progressivepopulist.org/2013/08/26/rand-paul-food-water-and-health-care-are-not-human-rights/


"Asked about whether health care is a commodity or not, here was his response:

There's a philosophic debate which often gets me in trouble, you know, on whether health care's a right or not," Paul, in a red tie, white button-down shirt, and khakis, tells the students from the stage. "I think we as physicians have an obligation. As Christians, we have an obligation. . . . I really believe that, and it's a deep-held belief," he says of helping others.

But I don't think you have a right to my labor. You don't have a right to anyone else's labor. Food's pretty important, do you have a right to the labor of the farmer?

Paul then asks rhetorically if people have a right to food and water. His response?

As humans, yeah, we do have an obligation to give people water, to give people food, to give people health care. But it's not a right because once you conscript people and say, 'Oh, it's a right,' then really you're in charge, it's servitude, you're in charge of me and I'm supposed to do whatever you tell me to do. . . . It really shouldn't be seen that way.

So basically what Paul is saying that we are not truly free as long as the government plays a role in humans getting food, water, and health care. If the government does play a role, then we are basically being enslaved by the government. He didn't mention it, but he certainly feels the same way about housing."

rest at http://progressivepopulist.org/2013/08/26/rand-paul-food-water-and-health-care-are-not-human-rights/