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To: AndyTheBear
Charity is not an enumerated power.

The power to tax is granted to government by the Constitution.

58 posted on 04/28/2007 8:55:49 PM PDT by lucysmom
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To: lucysmom
The power to tax is granted to government by the Constitution.

Correct. But that does not empower the government to spend the tax money anyway they like. Charity is not one of the ways they are supposed to spend it.

85 posted on 04/28/2007 10:05:26 PM PDT by AndyTheBear (Disastrous social experimentation is the opiate of elitist snobs.)
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