“With respect to the two words ‘general welfare,’ I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators.” –James Madison
“So you’re asking James Madison to try again?”
No, I’m asking *you* to try again. And this time *try* — really try — to understand what Madison wrote.