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Old 06-09-2018, 01:26 PM
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The GOP wingnuttery in action, and this thinking is not isolated.

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Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin talking to a high school assembly. Do you, a girl asked him, consider health care to a right or a privilege?

So he answered the young woman: “I think it’s probably more of a privilege. Do you consider food a right? Do you consider clothing a right? Do you consider shelter a right? What we have as rights are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We have the right to freedom. Past that point, everything else is a limited resource that we have to use our opportunities given to us so that we can afford those things.”
There is our answer. Owning guns is an unalienable right, healthcare OTOH is a privilege. I am sure the GOP will find a way to twist an turn this and figure out a way to blame Obama (and Democrats) for losing their healthcare.

Interpret health (care) as being a necessary ingredient for life.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-go...is-a-privilege
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