In the 9/24/09 issue of the Fluvanna Review someone stated, "Affordable health care is every American's moral right" and proceeded to reference the popular parable of "The Good Samaritan" and a quote from Christ. She asked if Jesus walked our streets today, teaching His parables, would He be branded as a socialist and jeered.The problem I see with correlations such as these between Christ's teachings and social justice is the assumption that Christ was teaching these lessons to governmental institutions, but He wasn't. He was speaking to individuals, specifically His followers. It is not the Federal Government's role to "love their neighbor", but rather it is the role of Christians.
None of us are due bandaged wounds, continued care and a comfy bed all at the expense of another. Parables such as "The Good Samaritan" are talking about the voluntary expression of love and mercy toward one another.
While God has created all men equal and given us the inalienable rights to life and liberty as recognized by our founding fathers, He did not give us the "right" to affordable health care, and the US Constitution does not give the power to our government to bestow "affordable health care" on all Americans. The proper role of government is to protect equal rights, not provide equal things.
As for Christ being a socialist, absolutely not. He never taught to "steal from the rich to give to the poor".
Our federal government should not be taking money from select portions of society to redistribute to others in order to "make things fair". America is a free market economy and the only way for us to thrive as a nation is to minimize governmental regulations and let the market do its thing.
Affordable health care is not every American's moral right.
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