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Re:Share of Americans skipping medical care due to money woe... by dragonwriter on Thursday May 25, 2023 @03:42AM (#36068046)
> Americans do not have a “right” to education in the same way they have a “right” to e.g. free speech.

OTOH, they do have a right to trial by jury, a right to counsel, and a right to vote in the sense that they have a right to free speech, and each of these rights require someone else’s labor.

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Re:Share of Americans skipping medical care due to money woe... by pfannkuchen on Thursday May 25, 2023 @04:14AM (#36068222)
Technically true, though not really a risk due to minuscule resources required to implement these. What percent of GDP do public defenders account for?
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Re:Share of Americans skipping medical care due to money woe... by viraptor on Thursday May 25, 2023 @06:46AM (#36069097)
You pretty much started the thread talking about something technically true. If you're discussing rights that should be so universal they don't get changed in extreme situation like not being able to provide a service without forced labour, then why does the GDP matter? GDP doesn't exist in the constitution.
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