Sen. Paul: ‘Crony Capitalism Isn’t A Right’
I remember a lot of outrage about two things when I first ran for office: Obamacare and the bank bailouts. Unfortunately, the
Why? Partly because of the crony capitalism that pervades the culture in the swamps of
But it's more than that. In order to advance their crony capitalism, the Senate Obamacare bill takes us beyond the long-running debate about "is healthcare a right" to a new debate: "Is health insurance a right?"
In other words, is there somehow a right to healthcare that includes a taxpayer obligation to maintain insurance industry profits, which hit a record
One would hope not.
But the one certainty of the
Am I the only one in the
We aren't talking about whether or not we take care of the poor or disabled who can't afford their healthcare. We already do that in Medicaid and a host of other direct government programs.
I can have an honest debate with socialists about whether one can have a right that confers an obligation on another individual, but I really can't even admit any intellectual honesty to those in
The current
As a believer in free markets and capitalism, I favor no federal government intervention in the insurance marketplace. But if
Now, I don't favor such a mandate. But if I were forced to choose between asking the taxpayer to fork over
Once upon a time, there was a classically-liberal intelligentsia in our country who understood what natural rights are.
The economist
"In the standard historical usage of the term, a right is something that exists simultaneously among people. A right confers no obligation on another. For example, the right to free speech is something we all possess. My right to free speech imposes no obligation upon another except that of non-interference. Similarly, I have a right to travel freely. That right imposes no obligation upon another except that of non-interference."
As we forgot about what natural liberty means, so have we forgotten what made America great in the first place -- freedom.
I am disappointed that my colleagues have insufficient confidence in the freedom of the healthcare marketplace, and I am greatly disappointed they've decided there now exists a federal right of insurance companies to have their
I really can't describe my level of disappointment. Crony capitalism is enshrined as a "right" by the new GOP Obamacare bill, while that bill does little to nothing to repeal Obamacare or fix our ailing healthcare sector.
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