[fightinJAG]

To the American ear, long-schooled to recognize rights as individual freedoms guaranteed by government, not goodies subsidized by taxpayers, the oddest note is the long paean to Obamacare in the middle of this official report on alleged human rights:

If someone else has to pay to provide it to you, it's not a "right" in any way, shape or form. True rights do not have to be "given" to us by others; they only must be respected by others.

It doesn't cost anyone else a dime for me to exercise my rights to life, liberty or the pursuit of happiness. But if healthcare, a house, food, a job, a cellphone and a suitable domestic pet are my "right" to have -- the rest of youse guys must pony up to pay to fulfil my "rights."

NOT.

Summary: first clue it's not a right: it costs someone else money to provide it to you.

[screaminsunshine]

It is theft if taken involunarily. This is why I would eliminate all government programs. Including Social Security and Medicare and make them voluntary. They are bankrupted anyway.