Eddie KABACINSKI Committee to RETAIN for

 

 Preamble of the United States Constitution : Health Care, Water, and Sanitation 

 

 " We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. "

 

•  The Preamble to the United States Constitution and Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution both describe an originating purpose of our United States to promote the general welfare. Free health care and free accessible, clean, safe drinking water are a legitimate function of our government. Free health care and free, accessible, clean, safe drinking water are basic rights in our society. It is not a privilege based on ability to pay.

 

•  The Declaration of Independence states there are certain " inalienable rights ", including life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. If sovereign American citizens believe in an inalienable right to life, how can we tolerate a system that denies people lifesaving medications and treatments or accessible, clean, safe drinking water based on the ability to pay ?

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•  If life, liberty, and happiness are indeed so important, then it stands to reason that free health care and free, accessible, clean, safe drinking water would dictate the quality of our life and determines our ability to enjoy liberty and pursue happiness, are equally crucial to promote the general welfare of the sovereign American citizens.  

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•  The courts may well " allow " Congress to use its " taxing " and spending powers to craft a general income " tax " sufficient to pay for health care insurance for more Americans. They may also " allow " grants to states to encourage them to insure more Americans. Finally, they may       " allow " Congress to create " tax " credits for individuals who pay for their own health insurance policies. But just because Congress may use its powers of " taxation " in these ways does not mean that anything it decides to call a " tax " is constitutional.

 

•  Should sovereign American citizens pay for their own health care and accessible, clean, safe drinking water, not have it given free to them by the government as a right ? Under a single payer system, the right to health care is paid for through " taxes ", and people who work hard and pay those        " taxes " are forced to subsidize health care for those who are not employed. In the United States of America, sovereign American citizens already have a right to purchase health care, but they should have a right to receive health care free of charge. Free health care is a right, not a service that should be " taxed " or based on the ability to pay for.

 

•  On 28 July 2010, The Human Right to Water and Sanitation recognizes the right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation as a human right that is essential for the full enjoyment of life and all human rights, through Resolution 64 / 292, the United Nations General Assembly explicitly recognized the human right to water and sanitation and acknowledged that clean drinking water and sanitation are essential to the realization of all human rights. The Resolution calls upon States and international organizations to provide financial resources, help capacity building and technology transfer to help countries, in particular developing countries, to provide safe, clean, and accessible drinking water and sanitation for all.

 

•  There is a right to free, accessible, clean, safe drinking water. Every sovereign American citizen does not need to pay his or her water and sanitation bill for the water and sanitation system to remain viable. In the end, it is not a service that must be paid for by sovereign American citizens insisting free, accessible, clean, safe drinking water is an inherent human right.