Our rights and our values

The rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are in our Declaration of Independence. And you can't have much of any of them without healthcare. So by extension we indeed have a right to healthcare embedded as a basic human right. Other developed countries have figured that out. It's time we do too. Medicare For All.

And by the way, there is no right for an ordinary citizen to own an assault rifle in the Constitution. The 2nd Amendment is specific to guns within a "well-regulated militia." That doesn't mean private citizens loosely organized by fanatical, paranoid delusions about the evil government. Or organized by an unethical group of gun manufacturers (NRA) that cares far more about profits than the human right to life. It's time we get our values in line with our rights.