[aruanan]

Just the wording of the general welfare clause in context demonstrates that the means by which the general welfare was to be promoted were the limited and enumerated powers of the Constitution.

[johngalt42]

Roger that. When I explain this to some other people, it's amazing how many just plain refuse to understand the concept. I had one friend tell me James Madison was wrong. I looked at him saying James Madison wrote the U.S. Constitution and he would the best interpreter of that document. He just shook his head and kept saying Madison was wrong.