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To: newgeezer
"Someone show me the language in the Constitution giving Congress any authority for public charity. I find no justification for such an appropriation in the Constitution.

When any elected member of Congress has the guts to say anything like that, I'll be shocked. That horse left the barn way too long ago. Their oath to uphold the Constitution is nothing more than a farcical formality."

A member of Congress said just that, but it over 150 years ago.

168 posted on 09/01/2005 3:07:59 PM PDT by Montfort (Check out The Figurehead, by Thomas Larus at lulu.com. Montfort is the protagonist.)
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To: Montfort
A member of Congress said just that, but it over 150 years ago.

Presidents Pierce and Cleveland said it in 1854 and 1877, respectively. Of course, that was well before Amendment XIX became the law of the land.

261 posted on 09/01/2005 8:11:04 PM PDT by newgeezer (Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary.)
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