That Ain't Right

I wish I had been surprised by this article: Fast Internet access becomes a legal right in Finland. Having grown up in a time before the PC, I marvel at even the idea of making high speed internet access a “right”. Of course, the people of Finland are free to pass any legislation they deem appropriate. This is, however, a prime example of the direction many governments, including in the U.S., have been moving: declare something a right and then force the citizens to fund it.

Where does this end? Well, if you agree with Hayek as I do, it ends in totalitarian regimes forcing individuals to labor, at the regime’s direction and discretion, to fund the ever growing cost of all the discovered “rights”. After all, There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. This is why it remains vital that we stand up to such activities wherever free people wish to remain so.