[Publib] Health care: was 1st Amendment Rights

[Robert Balliot]

Fred,

Our Constitution does not provide a 'right' to education, public libraries,
public roads or public water supplies.

Current projected cost of the war in Iraq is $1.86 trillion dollars
(including $200 billion to take care of our
wounded soldiers).  We are rebuilding public roads, public water supplies,
public educational facilities and
health care infrastructure there. But, the destruction of  Iraq historical
records in the Iraq National
Library<http://mail.google.com/mail/goog_1249643404428>
and Archives<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_National_Library_and_Archive>cannot
be undone.

Are you 'ok' with spending $1.86 trillion dollars in another country with
almost no accounting oversight,
but not ok spending money provided health care here since it is not a
Constitutional right?   The only
only 'economics' supporting that is unquestioned corporate profit.


R. Balliot
http://oceanstatelibrarian.com



On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 9:44 PM, Fred Beisser
<fredbeisser at mesanetworks.net>wrote:

> Since you are addressing the issue of health care now before Congress,
> below is a link to an excellent article about what happens when health care
> is free (and of course it is not a "right" found in our Constitution).
> Health insurance for most folks only came about after WWII when it was an
> enticement by employers to get workers to take a job in a worker shortage
> environment. Somewhere along the way many have come to think of it as an
> entitlement.
>
> Dr. Arthur Laffer, an economist (see http://tinyurl.com/lh3cbd ) penned
> the article at http://tinyurl.com/mveh5k. Take a peek at it.
>
> Fred Beisser
> Colorado
>
> Dale McNeill wrote:
>
>>  It's been interesting and thought-provoking to me to read this
>> conversation.  I've read and thought about every post and I appreciate the
>> thoughtfulness and the passion.
>>  I have two small points.  One is that I always find it very interesting
>> that librarians, including me, who are so involved with books and
>> information, generally cite personal experience--just like most other
>> people.  That's not a good think or a bad thing, it's just interesting.
>>
>
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