American Thinker: Who Will Guarantee ObamaCare Rights When the Duty-Bound Refuse?

American Thinker: Who Will Guarantee ObamaCare Rights When the Duty-Bound Refuse?: "If ObamaCare rights were in a horse race against duties necessary to sustain and pay for them, duties would be losing by several furlongs. And rights would come up lame soon thereafter, because rights in the long run can prosper only with equal duties alongside. But what if the duty-bound are insolvent, or, in horse-racing lingo, worn out 'bleeders'? Or what if the duty-bound are unwilling to pay for another round of rights when the beneficiaries outnumber them ten to one and have no skin in the game? What if the duty-bound spit the bit and refuse to take a saddle?

Political rights, and especially social contract rights, as distinct from natural rights, need intrinsic value to make them worth securing and defending. And only those rights worthy of a fight would justify corresponding duties demanding personal sacrifice, sweat, equity, or treasure.

Historically, duties always preceded rights. In the Hebrew Bible, God imposed the duties of the Ten Commandants on Moses as a precondition to the covenant of salvation for His chosen people. In the New Testament, Jesus imposed the duty of belief in His incarnation, death on the cross, and resurrection in order for believers to enjoy grace and everlasting life."