Quote:You completely missed the point of that example. Food is readily available to every American, whether it's nice crap from Whole Foods, dollar menu fare from McDonald's or meals from a soup kitchen. There are enough sources of food that "life or death" shouldn't enter into it. That's not the case for medicine.

 

I didn't miss the point, your point is overly narrow. If life and death is the standard then there are dozens of other things that could fall in the "essential enough to override private property rights" category. Why should the border be a parameter? Life and death doesn't just apply to Americans. Why does it just apply to a product and not to labor? People will die without the medical services of a physician. This winter there are millions of people who will die from exposure if they don't have heating fuel or electricity. We should immediately mandate that all those things be given away. That they are readily available for a price is irrelevant, I think the price is too high. That is what you are saying, that the price has to be one that you agree with in order for the owner to have the right to sell it, because the product is too important for someone else to own it.

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