I was arguing with some idiot on reddit who was trying to tell me that free products and services are human rights, because people will LiTtERaLlY DiE without them, and therefore the government has to give them to you for free. Eventually this idiot's argument was "Ohh yeah, The right to privacy isn't in the constitution either, But it's still a real constitutional right".
This is why electing people and appointing judges who believe in a strict interpretation of the constitution is so important. It either says what it says, and it means what the original authors meant, or it means nothing.
You let idiots start reading between the lines and decide it means whatever they want, and next thing you know they are saying it guarantees them a free house, a free car, free utilities, free healthcare, and free money.
If they want a free house they should go check out the free house they get in CCP China. It’s smaller than a single wide, and in cold areas it’s not even fully heated inside. I’ve been to one.
Oh, and there’s no toilet either. Better get used to crapping in an outhouse.
And if they think they’re getting a free car then they’re nuts. They’ll get a free bus to ride, when it’s running, and they’ll have to pay for a train or taxi.
"Ohh my gosh... That's a totally different country. I never said I wanted a free house in China, I said America needs to give me a free house, you strawmanning racist!"
I've always argued that the Constitution is not a living document open to interpretation. If you don't like what it says, it contains the protocols for amending itself.
A Constitutional convention would be a graet thing. It would allow states to restrict federal power by re-writing the Commerce Clause which is a catch-all for most regulations.
Lefties don't want a convention, as it gives New Hampshire the same influence as California.
Healthcare, education, housing, etc. are not human rights and they never have been.
Their argument is "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" is in the Constitution, and they will starve to death without free food or free house, therefore not getting one is a violation of their right to life.
It's stupid on so many levels, not the least of which is that is not actually in the Constitution.
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The sword of Damocles is more important than the receipt for the throne sitting under it.