The thing is that you rationalize the right to health care on the reason of cost, so only the rich don't have to worry. Then you rationalize the right to security because it is costly, so then only the rich can afford protection. Then the right to property. Then the right to food.

All those things we are not born with. It has taken thousands of years of social experiment, failure and collective growth to build and recognize the value of those safety nets as a foundation for wealth creation. When you start to let those things degrade past a certain point more of a burden is shifted to the shoulders of individuals, leaving them less energy to pursue progress and real wealth generation. There are some burdens that are shouldered better collectively with a better overall return on investment.

There is always the potential of a situation where too much energy is spent maintaining those rights. There is also a situation where our collective energy is literally being blown into the air and wasted due to bad economic management. I think the latter is in large part what we're facing. At this juncture it becomes our choice to take the hard, constructive route to create solutions or to take the easy path of fighting, blaming and finger pointing.