Over at RealClearPolitics.com, amidst the nearly unanimous battleground state polls, an inquisitive piece about McCain's "Strategery", and the other assorted columns about the presidential race, one story caught my eye: Health Care is a "Right"? by Bill Whittle at (ugh) the NRO.
In the article, he takes to the "slippery slope" argument like a skier at Whistler and where does he end up slipping to? Slavery! Socialized medicine will turn us into slaves!
Because there’s a word for someone who has their food, housing and care provided for them... for people who owe their existence to someone else.
And that word is "slaves."
Bill Whittle, I think everyone owes their existence to someone else. Someone writes you a check for these articles you write, don't they? Did you farm/slaughter your own breakfast this morning? Surely you depend on someone else. Are you a "slave" already?
Over the fold, I think out loud about how silly this argument is, and about how much further down the slippery slope socialized medicine actually is.
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