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To: tpaine
'General welfare' and 'regulate commerce' are our undoing.
24 posted on 12/11/2003 2:29:33 PM PST by Liberal Classic (No better friend, no worse enemy.)
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To: Liberal Classic
Worse yet, "general welfare" now includes the general welfare of the world, according to the Supreme Court.
30 posted on 12/11/2003 3:31:38 PM PST by snopercod (The federal government will spend $21,000 per household in 2003, up from $16,000 in 1999.)
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To: Liberal Classic
'General welfare' and 'regulate commerce' are our undoing.

There is no historical evidence to support the modern interpretations of those words. Enemies of the Constitution were our undoing.

96 posted on 12/20/2003 9:38:39 PM PST by Djarum
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