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To: SmithL
The United States bowed to pressure from its allies on Tuesday and agreed to support a new program to temporarily funnel additional humanitarian aid directly to the Palestinian people.

Hmm...looking through my pocket Constitution to find the power given to the federal government to spend Americans' tax dollars on "humanitarian aid"....hmmm...can't find it...must be here somewhere...

9 posted on 05/09/2006 3:48:12 PM PDT by Irontank (Let them revere nothing but religion, morality and liberty -- John Adams)
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10 posted on 05/09/2006 3:52:48 PM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do!)
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To: Irontank
Hmm...looking through my pocket Constitution to find the power given to the federal government to spend Americans' tax dollars on "humanitarian aid"....hmmm...can't find it...must be here somewhere...

You must need stroger reading glasses. In my copy it's right there just before the power to dictate content and standards in classrooms.

14 posted on 05/09/2006 3:57:11 PM PDT by Maceman (Fake but accurate, and now double-sourced)
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