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by Spooky23 1053 days ago
If travel via car is a right, I should get a car from the government for free if I can't afford one. Why is my kid riding a bus?

After all, voting is a right, and if I cannot be at the polling place, I'm entited to vote by absentee ballot. They don't even require a stamp!

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You have no right to a car, nor shoes, nor lead-free water. You have no right to force others to work to provide those for you. If you are persuasive, maybe you can ask your county commissioners to give away stuff.
In particular, there is a difference between positive and negative rights, e.g. the right to free speech is not the right to have someone else buy you a printing press or a computer.