Comments on: Just To Be Heard: A Rebuttal (by Josh McGrath) http://www.thirstyquill.com/2009/02/19/just-to-be-heard-a-rebuttal-by-josh-mcgrath Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:13:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Steven Forbis http://www.thirstyquill.com/2009/02/19/just-to-be-heard-a-rebuttal-by-josh-mcgrath#comment-250 Steven Forbis Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:55:12 +0000 http://www.thirstyquill.com/?p=908#comment-250 Josh, I loved your post. Our natural rights, as expressed by our founding fathers, are life, liberty, and property/pursuit of happiness. That one right "life" is very tricky to define. Does the natural right of "life" pertain to the right to a long, healthy life? If the answer is yes, then the Federal Government is obligated to try and protect that right by providing some sort of health care system to all its citizens, whether they choose to accept or not. If the definition of "life" forgoes the notion of a healthy life and just covers needs like defense, then the Federal Government is not obligated to provide a system such as nationwide health care system. Really, this will be one of those things that will always be debated. It really depends on your idea of what the natural right of "life" consists of. Josh, I loved your post.

Our natural rights, as expressed by our founding fathers, are life, liberty, and property/pursuit of happiness. That one right “life” is very tricky to define.

Does the natural right of “life” pertain to the right to a long, healthy life? If the answer is yes, then the Federal Government is obligated to try and protect that right by providing some sort of health care system to all its citizens, whether they choose to accept or not. If the definition of “life” forgoes the notion of a healthy life and just covers needs like defense, then the Federal Government is not obligated to provide a system such as nationwide health care system.

Really, this will be one of those things that will always be debated. It really depends on your idea of what the natural right of “life” consists of.

]]> By: Shonda Newsome http://www.thirstyquill.com/2009/02/19/just-to-be-heard-a-rebuttal-by-josh-mcgrath#comment-243 Shonda Newsome Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:46:44 +0000 http://www.thirstyquill.com/?p=908#comment-243 Excellant article, Josh, Behind you 100% Excellant article, Josh, Behind you 100%

]]> By: Andy McGee http://www.thirstyquill.com/2009/02/19/just-to-be-heard-a-rebuttal-by-josh-mcgrath#comment-239 Andy McGee Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:19:37 +0000 http://www.thirstyquill.com/?p=908#comment-239 Good evening Josh, thank you for your post and let me also thank you for the sacrifice of you and your family in the military. Please do not think that I am suggesting that the national healthcare I support be based on the current system set in place by our VA. As a son of a purple heart veteran I think out veterans deserve the best we can provide and we as a nation have failed to protect them in this right. The healthcare service I see as inevitable is going to not be run with old methods or policies but with new and innovative strategies for both compensation and care giving. I guess we disagree about healthcare being a right. A nation with the resources we have should not allow anyone to die untreated from illness anymore than we should allow your house to burn down if they privatized fire fighting and you cant buy coverage. Good evening Josh, thank you for your post and let me also thank you for the sacrifice of you and your family in the military. Please do not think that I am suggesting that the national healthcare I support be based on the current system set in place by our VA. As a son of a purple heart veteran I think out veterans deserve the best we can provide and we as a nation have failed to protect them in this right. The healthcare service I see as inevitable is going to not be run with old methods or policies but with new and innovative strategies for both compensation and care giving. I guess we disagree about healthcare being a right. A nation with the resources we have should not allow anyone to die untreated from illness anymore than we should allow your house to burn down if they privatized fire fighting and you cant buy coverage.

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