You Do Not Have a Right

Libertarians United States

Discuss amongst yourselves.

You have no right to a job.
You do have a right to be left
alone by government and your
fellow citizens to develop your
own God-given talents in such a way
that employers will seek you out.

You also have a right to ignore
educational opportunities and to
develop a slovenly work ethic so
that employers will shun you.
You make your choices, and you
live with the consequences of
your decisions. …

You need
to understand that you are a
free and sovereign individual.
You don’t belong to the government,
and it’s not the government’s
responsibility to provide you with
a job. It’s the government’s
job to clear the way for you
to exercise your free choices,
develop your skills, hone your
work ethic, and contract with an
employer eager to hire someone
like you. Past that, you’re on
your own, and that’s life in a free
society. …

Wages are something to
be negotiated between the employer
and the employee. It is not the
job of government to set wages
for private sector employees.
Our Constitution specifically
states that the government is not
to alter the terms of a contract
between individuals. The matter of
wages paid for services rendered
is something to be resolved in
negotiations between the employer
and employee and then expressed in
the terms of a contract between
the parties. The government has
no role here.

Hat tip to Neal Boortz.

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