[MarkT]

Can anyone cite with specificity the enumerated power by which Congress spends tax-payer dollars on NPR? I rather suspect not - this is just a minor example of over-reaching (a/k/a unconstitutional spending by the whores in Congress.)

I am attempting, admittedly part-time, to set up a fuoundation that will pursue, initially on the margin, the unconstitutional spending by Congress...it is the only way we can stop the power addicted spendthrifts known as Congressmen.

[RJCogburn]

Can anyone cite with specificity the enumerated power by which Congress spends tax-payer dollars on NPR?

I think it's the same one that spends similar dollars on Medicare, farm subsidies and education.

[Grit]

Can anyone cite with specificity the enumerated power by which Congress spends tax-payer dollars on NPR?

A few drivers listen to NPR while crossing state lines. It is clearly a legit use of the Interstate Commerce Clause. < /sarcasm>

[Dog Anchor]

"Suppose you are a member of the United States Congress.
Or suppose you are a complete idiot. . .but I repeat
myself."
- Samuel Clemens

[tahiti]

Section 8. Powers of Congress

The Congress shall have the power

1. to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defence and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States:

This is "enumerated power" that both Democrats and Republicans have used for years to constitutionally justify their spending.

The question is: What was the original meaning and intent of the terms "...general welfare" and "United States?"