“Healthcare Is a Right, Not a Privilege”: A Bit Unclear on the Concept

by T.L. James | 9:53 am, August 9, 2009 | Comments Off

I guess Ari’s example is rubbing off on me – I saw this young woman’s sign, and I just had to interview her.

Sadly, this was typical of the level of understanding of first principles I heard all afternoon from the collectivists promoting Obamacare.  There was much discussion about “social justice” [sic] and emotion-based “arguments” from the left, but little to no reflection on the readily foreseeable negative unintended consequences of socialized medicine.  Likewise, any attempt by the pro-liberty attendees to promote free market solutions or warn of the aforementioned consequences to liberty and choice from the socialization of healthcare fell on deaf ears on the other side of the discussion, since it is an article of faith unquestioned on the left that capitalism cannot solve any problem.

I think this interview perfectly illustrates the mindset of the average Obamacare supporter — meaning, loyal Democrats who blindly support Obamacare because they are preached to that it’s the “right thing to do” and constantly told that it’s the only way to fix the system (whose problems, ironically, are rooted in too much government intervention in the first place), rather than because they’ve looked at the details and likely consequences of the plan, given fair consideration to alternative plans, and come to their position through a careful examination of their philosophical and political principles.

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