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Posted on 10/21/2009 7:56:56 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Travis McGee
When we pay taxes for police, it is supposedly guaranteed that someone who murders will be tracked down, tried, and put in jail.
When we pay taxes for roads, as long as the roads are built, we get to drive on them.
Insurance is not a guarantee of service. We can pay for insurance and have the claim denied. Insurance is not payment for a service, so it isn’t equivalent to taxes, where the services (safety, security, education, protection) are supposed to be guaranteed.
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posted on
10/21/2009 8:08:00 PM PDT
by
tbw2
(Freeper sci-fi - "Humanity's Edge" - on amazon.com)
To: Sub-Driver; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; cindy-true-supporter; ...
As I understand it, at least one of the founders said that the “general welfare” clause was only meant to cover the various provisions in Article I, Section 8. Steny has completely inverted that idea, it appears.
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
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posted on
10/21/2009 8:20:30 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Barack Hussein Obama: the country's greatest firearms salesman!)
To: Sub-Driver
Right! General Welfare! What they want to do is enslave all Americans into a welfare state. These guys are unbelievable. Next we will be hearing that they need to seize all private assets to pay for this General Welfare. Starting to sound a lot like Venezuela.
Of course they keep voting themselves pay raises every year and only working 2.5 days a week. I guess they will be raising our tax rates for their General Welfare.
To: Sub-Driver
It’s amazing how much power the Founders failed to realize they had with what they’d written.
What dunces they must’ve been.
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posted on
10/21/2009 8:30:22 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
To: Sub-Driver
He’s really hankering for a “townhall” ....with Tar and Feathers....
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posted on
10/21/2009 8:30:55 PM PDT
by
mo
To: NY.SS-Bar9
“throw off a rouge government”
Well, it IS rather Red in color...
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posted on
10/21/2009 8:36:57 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
To: Sub-Driver
Steny, it says “promote the general welfare”, not “generally promote welfare”.
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posted on
10/21/2009 8:38:18 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: Sub-Driver; All
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posted on
10/21/2009 9:22:16 PM PDT
by
FreeKeys
("America's socialists want more control over our lives, property and our pocketbooks." - Walter Wms.)
To: Sub-Driver
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posted on
10/21/2009 10:51:00 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
(No man's life, liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session. I AM JIM THOMPSON)
To: Perdogg
"Supreme Court has already ruled that the preamble to the Constitution doesn’t mandate any services."
Not that we needed the Supreme Court to say so.
The Preamble is obviously an explanation as to why to Constitution was drafted and adopted. The Preamble confers no powers at all. The workings and powers of the branches of government are set out in the Articles. If it is not stated in the Articles, it does not exist as a power of one of the branches of government. Period.
To: April Lexington
General welfare clause as cause for general warfare?
Not out of the question, I’m afraid.
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posted on
10/22/2009 7:45:00 AM PDT
by
ex 98C MI Dude
(All of my hate cannot be found, I will not be drowned by your constant scheming)
To: Sub-Driver
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posted on
10/22/2009 10:28:58 AM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: Sub-Driver
And what about thsoe poor people you claim to support rat? How will they get by?
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posted on
10/22/2009 10:31:50 AM PDT
by
mainestategop
(MAINE: The way communism should be)
To: Liz
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posted on
10/22/2009 11:08:54 AM PDT
by
EdReform
(The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed *NRA*JPFO*SAF*GOA*SAS*CCRKBA)
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