From Who's Right? by Neal Boortz:

Among the rights guaranteed (not “given” as Bill Clinton believes) to you in our Constitution are:

• Freedom of religion
• Freedom of speech
• The right to peaceably assemble.
• The right to petition the government
• The right to keep and bear arms
• The right to be free of unreasonable searches and seizures
• Protection from double jeopardy
• Due process
• A speedy and public trial by jury
• The right to legal counsel when charged with a crime

With one exception, the right to representation in court and a trial by jury, these rights require nothing of any other citizen but that they recognize your rights and not interfere with them.

Your “right to health care” would require some other person to give up a portion of their life or their property to either treat you or to provide you with drugs or medical implements. The Constitution does not provide for another individual to be indentured to you in this manner.

Therefore, you have no “right” to health care.

Even in the case of representation in court, and a trial by jury, these rights only have to be provided by society if society charges you with a crime. Quite a different thing from indenturing other individuals to meet your basic, everyday needs.

Why has our society dwindled into such an entitlement mentality? Why is it the government's job to provide? And why do some Christians support the idea of the government using the police power of the state to do the job they're neglecting?

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