27 June 2007

My Rights - Your Wants

“He is a man of sense who does not grieve for what he has not, but rejoices in what he has.” —Epictetus

A Right is something that costs others nothing. A Right is part of being, it is not something purchased. I can't follow the line of thought that there exist "rights" that must be funded by taxpayer dollars. Those are not Rights.

While it's certainly comforting to think of "free" government programs that provide "rights" to the public, they are far from free and even further from Rights.

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