Showing posts with label statism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label statism. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

No Right to Health Care, Education, or a Job

Jacob Hornberger writes:

Statists love to say that people have a right to such things as health care, education, or a job. That’s just plain statist nonsense. People do not have a right to health care, education, or a job.

People have a right to seek health care, education, or a job but they don’t have a right to them...

In other words, you have the right to pursue happiness but you have no right to force others to provide you with health care, education, or a job. Genuine liberty entails the right to live your live any way you wish, so long as you leave everyone else free to do the same thing.

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