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To: PatrickHenry
In my last post I dealt with the Air Force question. Same argument for Veterans Affairs and the Coast Guard.

What you said in the beginning of this thread is that Article I, Section 8 is the limit of congressional powers, and funding a separate branch of the military called "Air Force" is not included. Neither is a Department of Homeland Security, which controls the Coast Guard. Nor is funding a State Department or the rest. What your prior post did was make the case that there are implied powers, powers necessary to govern the country. And your point seems to be that only implied powers you agree with are valid.

24 posted on 07/06/2005 7:01:44 PM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: Non-Sequitur
What your prior post did was make the case that there are implied powers, powers necessary to govern the country. And your point seems to be that only implied powers you agree with are valid.

Defense is probably the principle purpose for having the Constitution. The "necessary and proper" power seems to easily justify things like an Air Force. If you'd rather have an amendment for such items, well ... that's your opinion. I'm not interested in arguing an issue like that. I'd rather save my efforts for things that are clearly extra-Constitutional, like the Department of Education.

25 posted on 07/06/2005 7:09:20 PM PDT by PatrickHenry (Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas. The List-O-Links is at my homepage.)
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