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To: impimp
I can’t seem to find the part of the constitution that requires the federal government to pay nearly two years of unemployment benefits.

I can't seem to find the part of the Constitution that requires the federal government to provide disability pensions for veterans either. Do you want to do away with those as well?

22 posted on 12/28/2013 6:07:25 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

Article 1 Section 8 includes

I have no idea what you are talking about.

To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;

To provide and maintain a Navy;

To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;

To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;

To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;


44 posted on 12/28/2013 6:20:06 AM PST by impimp
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To: DoodleDawg

Veterans benefits are earned benefits.


96 posted on 12/28/2013 7:43:34 AM PST by jmacusa ("Chasing God out of the classroom didn't usher in The Age of Reason''.)
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