Obama Bestows New Rights

Gary Bauer, Contributing Author: Earlier this week, I commented on the Obama Administration’s apologetic report to the U.N.’s Human Rights Council. The report was a travesty on many levels, and yesterday Maggie Gallagher identified one more: ObamaCare.

When most of us think of rights, we think of the inalienable rights referred to in the Declaration of Independence – the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Or we think of the Bill of Rights in the Constitution – the right to free speech, worship, etc.

But as Gallagher writes, the president’s report to the U.N. crows about the establishment of ObamaCare, noting, “On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law. The Act makes great strides toward the goal that all Americans have access to quality, affordable health care.” Looking ahead to the elections, Gallagher asks, “If a new Congress retools this deeply unpopular bill, does [Obama] suggest to the council we are now violating international human rights standards?”

Remember, friends, this tribute to socialized medicine is contained in a report to the United Nation’s Human Rights Council, and it is very revealing of Obama’s mindset. To Obama, defending human rights is about promoting Big Government.

And therein lies Obama’s great disconnect with the foundational values of America: Our rights do not come from government, but rather from God. They do not require taxpayer-subsidies or socialist redistribution schemes. Rather, they guarantee the liberty of each individual to pursue his or her happiness.

That is not Obama’s view. In 2001, he described the Constitution as “a charter of negative liberties. [It] says what the states can’t do to you. [It] says what the federal government can’t do to you, but doesn’t say what the federal government or state government must do on your behalf.” Most Americans think the government is doing too much and taxing too much, but not Barack Obama – he thinks healthcare is a human right. Vacations will be next.
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Gary Bauer is is a conservative family values advocate and serves as president of American Values and chairman of the Campaign for Working Families. He submitted the above in an email to the ARRA News Service Editor. Bauer was a former Republican presidential candidate and served as President Ronald Reagan’s domestic policy adviser.

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