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>The debate on health care resulted in this letter to >the editor in this morning's San Jose Mercury News: >"Defense, Not Health Care in Constitution." >A Mr. Don Nolan of Sunnyvale wrote: "Robert Bates >(Letters, July 23) attempts to equate defense to >health care, and also notes that they are >entitlements. He would have us transfer funds from >defense to health care. Bates would be well served to >refresh himself regarding the Constitution, >particularly Article 1, Section 8. He would find the >requirement that Congress 'provide for the common >Defense....of the United States.' He will not find >health care in that or any part of the Constitution.'" > >I sent an email to the Mercury stating: "Don Nolan's >letter, Saturday, 25July09. Mr. Nolan reminds us that >government-provided health care is not mentioned in >the Constitution. Neither does the Constitution state >that the nation's economic system be a capitalist one, >nor does it state that sectors of the nation's economy >be regulated by the federal government. The Founders >did not conceive of railroads which became regulated >in 1875 by the Interstate Commerce Act which, in turn, >set the precedent for all subsequent federal >regulatory bodies."

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