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On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:04:02 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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What are you talking about, driving or health care. The Constitution
is silent on both of them.

Providing for the welfare of the general public is a basic goal of
government.

So is "the pursuit of happiness" (driving make me happy) but that is a
goal, not a protected right.

As long as that happiness doesn't intrude on others. And, yes, it's a
goal.
A good one. One that makes sense morally and fiscally. Your happiness in
driving your car, isn't even close to the same thing.

Why not? What if driving my car was a condition of my employment.

Which has little to do with "happiness" as described.

The point is you lefties are real quick to quibble about my right to
bear arms, parsing a comma in a passage that says "the right of the
people to keep and bear arms shall not be abridged" but you make up
rights that don't exist.

Give me a break. Suddenly, when you run out of logical argument, you claim
it's the lefties taking your guns. I guess you forgot about the recent
Supreme Court ruling.

It just says "Promote the general welfare", it says nothing about
"providing" it..

So, how is ignoring 40 million without healthcare promotion?

For that matter, "privacy" is not guaranteed either.
I suppose the founding fathers didn't foresee the internet and the
wire tap.

Sure... sounds like you're in favor of restricting women's rights. That's
the typical argument. Your right to have a gun is ok, but a woman's right to
have control over her own body isn't. Insurance covers Viagra.

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Nom=de=Plume