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To: sappy
she is the rich.

Yes, that's one of her (and Warren Buffett's) talking points. So what?

We used to let charitable organizations help the needy when and where they determined help was needed.

But, since the SCOTUS decided "promote the general welfare" means Congress can do just about anything it damn well pleases, charities (and the accountability they naturally exercise) will soon be relics of a bygone era.

9 posted on 02/06/2012 12:05:42 PM PST by newgeezer (It is [the people's] right and duty to be at all times armed. --Thomas Jefferson)
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To: newgeezer

It’s actually the Commerce Clause that is used expansively, but your point is well taken. It has given us the war on poverty and the war on drugs, which many here shamelessly support.


16 posted on 02/06/2012 12:18:53 PM PST by Ken H (Austerity is the irresistible force. Entitlements are the immovable object.)
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