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Basic Health Care a Right for All

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Opposition to reasonable health care reform and support for legalized abortion are really two sides of the same coin. They both reject human solidarity. They both view life as a zero-sum game.

There can be no solidarity without deference to subsidiarity. All persons in society have a basic right to health care as a matter of social justice, which includes the corresponding responsibility of all to contribute in some way to the common good. Basic medical care should be provided first at the local level, and only receiving state assistance when the standard of care falls below normal. Capitalism tends to exalt personal choice above the common good, which is a form of libertarianism and leads to a decrease in the overall standard of care.

In actuality, there are two rights which are the subject of the debate. The first is the right to life, without which no other rights can be realized. This means that abortion is not legitimate health care because it denies human beings the fundamental right to life. Abortion and legitimate health care are polar opposites.

The second right that must be secured is the right of all to basic health care. Each individual who actively participates as a member of society has this right. This also includes immigrants here legally, but not immigrants here through subterfuge. Of course, local governments may nonetheless require that emergency services be provided even to those here through subterfuge for the common good of all.

These two fundamental rights are not opposed to each other. There is no reason why the Senate and House cannot together pass legislation that protects the life of the unborn and at the same time makes sure that the right to basic health care is insured where necessary.

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Basic Health Care a Right for All

http://westernperspective.blogspot.com/

Opposition to reasonable health care reform and support for legalized abortion are really two sides of the same coin. They both reject human solidarity. They both view life as a zero-sum game.

There can be no solidarity without deference to subsidiarity. All persons in society have a basic right to health care as a matter of social justice, which includes the corresponding responsibility of all to contribute in some way to the common good. Basic medical care should be provided first at the local level, and only receiving state assistance when the standard of care falls below normal. Capitalism tends to exalt personal choice above the common good, which is a form of libertarianism and leads to a decrease in the overall standard of care.

In actuality, there are two rights which are the subject of the debate. The first is the right to life, without which no other rights can be realized. This means that abortion is not legitimate health care because it denies human beings the fundamental right to life. Abortion and legitimate health care are polar opposites.

The second right that must be secured is the right of all to basic health care. Each individual who actively participates as a member of society has this right. This also includes immigrants here legally, but not immigrants here through subterfuge. Of course, local governments may nonetheless require that emergency services be provided even to those here through subterfuge for the common good of all.

These two fundamental rights are not opposed to each other. There is no reason why the Senate and House cannot together pass legislation that protects the life of the unborn and at the same time makes sure that the right to basic health care is insured where necessary.

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Ann vs. Meghan

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The latest showdown between Ann Coulter and Meghan McCain illustrates the sad state of American culture.

Meghan's father, the presidential candidate, underwent somewhat of a time warp while held as a POW in Hanoi during the 1960's.  Consequently, he was never subjected to the media propaganda which accustomed millions of Americans to view baby killing as a woman's right to choose.  I personally feel that with the birth of octuplets to a deadbeat mom through in vitro, who already had six children similarly conceived, that the time is now right to rethink the whole notion of choice and reproductive rights within our court system.  This is one area in which Ann and I agree.

On the character issue, Ann was right from the beginning about McCarthy and also about the Clintons.

However, Ann has also taken some extreme positions from her libertarianism which have been dead wrong.  Her libertarian idol Ayn Rand held up a vicious murderer in California as an example of male strength of character.  This kind of ego-centeredness is what caused America to fall for the fraud and swindles of greedy liberals.  It is no coincidence that Octomom's feminist lawyer Gloria Allred has just rewarded her irresponsibility with a new home for her and the kids in a well-to-do suburb of Los Angeles with all expenses paid.  This is after the woman blatantly deprived all of her fourteen children of the parental love which is only possible through conception and birth in the ordinary God-given family way.  A fine example this pro-choice lawyer is for young women.

Ann was also wrong several years ago about the California recall beauty contest in which she favored pro-choice bodybuilder Arnold Schwartzenegger who ended up practically bankrupting the state with his support of billions of dollars in unethical embryonic stem cell research.  At that time Ann called the responsible conservative challenger Tom McClintock a wonk.

So Ann is right about half the time and wrong about half the time.  That's not a bad batting average when compared to her liberal adversaries such as Whoopie, Oprah and Gloria who never hit a home run.

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