Health fees and arrest warrants
2007-12-21
It might not be very politically correct to say so in this
atmosphere of partisan politics, but it's possible to be in favor
of healthcare fees and at the same time to question whether
they're constitutional. Just as it was possible to accept the idea
of extraditing Czechs under a European arrest warrant and
doubting the constitutionality of doing so. To the amateur eye,
the Constitution seems clear enough. In the first case, there is
the right to free healthcare, and in the second there is the right
not to be forced to leave the homeland. From a lexical point of
view, correcting the Constitution could be as easy as removing
the word "free" in the first case and adding something about
international treaties in the second. But from a political
standpoint, mustering the votes to change the Constitution is a
non-starter. So trampling the Constitution remains the more
politically correct solution for the ruling elite.
[Czech Republic European Union doctor medical extradition]
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