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Old 10-08-2008, 04:48 PM   #24
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Is education for children a right?
It has a much better historical precedence than health care. Society in its normative process decided the work force that is educated is more productive and pays more taxes so it's important to give each child a basic form of education. Through the process, it would not have originally be named a right, but people probably use that language by virtue of positive law arising out of normative principles.
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