Do you honestly believe Obama has a chance in 2012?

[TheRealMafoo]

Rath said:

TheRealMafoo said:

Rath said:

Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. 

How is that possible? Nothing is free. (well, air is free I guess, but no service is free).

By free it is clearly meant that nobody shall pay directly for education in elementary stages. It will be a service provided universally through the state no matter the financial position of the recipient. It isn't meant to imply that the actual service isn't going to cost in taxes which is what I can see you're getting at.

Ok, so if everyone stops working, how is this right fulfilled?

All the rights I know to be rights, are not violated if everyone stops working. They are only violated if someone does something to you, not if someone stops providing something for you.

The "rights" you listed, in my eyes, are not rights. They are entitlements, and that's not the same thing.

How about Social Security? The US is looking at removing payments to people who don't need them, because we can't afford it. Who choses who needs it? The government. So, the government gets to chose when you have a right, and when you don't. Doesn't sound like a right to me. 

Sorry, but that list is not a list of rights. Just a list of desired quality of life services.