Quote Unquote: Universal Health Care Violates the 13th Amendment

Rand Paul — Republican senatorial candidate from Kentucky and ophthalmologist — exercised some flawless logic while discussing health care while speaking at a town hall meeting last year. Go ahead, look for a flaw. I guarantee that you will not find a flaw…

"[I]f you think you have the right to health care, you are saying basically that I am your slave. I provide health care… My staff and technicians provide it… If you have a right to health care, then you have a right to their labor."

Okay, okay, okay. Granted, the word "slave" might be a tiny little bit of an over statement. Let's just call doctors under a universal health care system "indentured servants." Just so that nobody accuses us of hyperbole, okay?

By the way, this quote was dug up by a Louisville reporter who has put together a compendium of other interesting takes on the world from the mind and mouth of Rand Paul.

Tags: Health Care, Kentucky, Rand Paul, Senate, Slavery, Tea Party