Saturday, March 29, 2014

The Obamacre Contraception Controversy Boiled Down

"My birth control. My choice. (Your money)."
Posted by Sheldon Richman at 3:01 PM
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8 comments:

brian said...

Why make it only about birth control if you wanna make the issue boil down to "your money"?

"My tumor. My life. (Your money.)"

"My vasectomy. My life. (Your money.)"

"My heart attack. My life. (Your money.)"

But seriously, how does your post NOT contribute to the popular notion that libertarianism is just a fancy term for "white male economics"?

March 29, 2014 at 4:49 PM
Sheldon Richman said...

It is only on this matter that I hear access equated with zero price. Day after day you find discussions in the media where this equation, voiced by advocates, goes unchallenged, even by people who pride themselves are playing "hardball." No one claims ever she is denied access to pizza or iPhones because her employer won't provide pizza and iPhones for free. But when it comes to birth control, suddenly one is denied access simply by virtue of the fact that one's employer won't pay for it.

If pointing that out makes me a sexist, I don't know what to say.

March 29, 2014 at 5:41 PM
brian said...

My point was not to suggest that you are sexist. I'm just puzzled as to why you would point out that, under the ACA, healthcare for birth control involves involuntary transfers of wealth without pointing out the far more important issue which is that the state and corporate capitalism themselves have created a condition of artificial scarcity for women's reproductive healthcare.

March 29, 2014 at 10:04 PM
Sheldon Richman said...

Even if it were true that I ignore that capitalism creates artificial scarcities, it would still worthwhile to debunk the outrageous equation of refusal to pay with denial of access.

But are you seriously suggesting that I've made no critique of corporate capitalism or specifically the government-medicine complex?

March 30, 2014 at 6:02 AM
Grung_e_Gene said...

Hardy. But, then you consider workers to be replaceable cogs in the gears of Industry, with no right to their pay because their pay is actually Capitalists Money and as you hold Capital belongs to Capitalists while Poverty belongs to the Poor.

March 30, 2014 at 8:59 PM
Anonymous said...

Grung_e_Gene, if you're directing your comment at Sheldon, then you must not be familiar with his work. I'm sure Sheldon can elaborate or give you several links to check out.

Richard G.

March 30, 2014 at 9:45 PM
Grung_e_Gene said...

I've read Mr. Richman's pieces frequently. Libertarianism and Adherence to Herbert Spencer most assuredly boils down to money belongs to Business and everyone from greedy government to ungrateful employees is trying to steal that which "rightfully" belongs to Capitalists.

March 30, 2014 at 10:53 PM
Sheldon Richman said...

"Assuredly"? Try reading without preconceived notions, i.e., fairly. Anarchism is about treating people fairly, so give it a try. Try this.

March 31, 2014 at 7:19 AM

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