by Ray Newman, radio and television commentator, attorney, educator, author

Monday, October 14, 2013

NO-GOTIATE

The big word floating around our country these days is "negotiate".    House Repubs want to negotiate with the Dems on provisions of Obamacare, on border issues, on raising the debt ceiling, etc.  The President says "I will not negotiate, it's my way or the highway".  Impasse!

The problem is: they are all wrong.  Negotiation is fine if we are trying to arrive at an agreeable price for you to buy my car.  There is no right price.  I have an opinion as to what that price should be, you have an opinion as to what that price should be, and we can negotiate toward a mutually agreeable price.  But there is nothing to negotiate when it comes to my life, my liberty.  You have zero claims on them, nor do I have any claims to negotiate on your life, your liberty.      

Obamacare mandates what I must do with regard to my personal insurance and is a clear violation of my liberty to spend my money for things I choose.  Open borders threaten my life since it allows terrorists and diseases to freely infect our society.  Raising the debt ceiling impairs my financial security and net worth.  There is nothing to negotiate on these issues.  The President is right there should be no negotiation, but dead wrong because the guiding principle in a free society is not "my way or the highway" but "the right way or the right way".  "My way or the highway" is the mantra of a dictator, which our President mistakenly thinks he is.

Negotiate for one second on your life or liberty, and the game is over.  YOU LOSE BOTH!


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