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> no one is proposing anyone be forced to do someone's bidding.

The proposed right to health care does exactly that.



That is not correct.


You and Bob are on a desert island. You have a right to health care. How are you going to make Bob give you health care?


You and Bob are on a desert island, and Bob is trying to kill you. You have a right to be free of someone trying to kill you. Bob is trying to kill you. How are you going to make him stop?


You have a right to defend yourself. You do not have a right to take from others. The two are not the same at all.




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