[Mr. Know It All]

Just FYI, Yashcheritsiy, this is a strawman argument:

You sound foolish unless you REALLY think the commerce clause and general welfare clause covers socialism. Do yo REALLY think that?

[central_va]

Let me try to reach you, you seem a rather obtuse type but I will try:

The US Constitution delegated and codified a republic. It explained the small and limited functions of the Federal Govt. The BOR codified a few individual rights.

Each state could go fully communist as long as that state did not violate any of the BOR's. Each state could be a Libertarian paradise. The states should be 50 laboratories of self governance. If you didn't like it in one state you used to be able to vote with your feet. But now the republic has been so bastardized that it is now under the thumb of the FEDs which are socialist. The original intent of the USC was to prevent that from happening. As such the USC is an utter failure. I totally understand what the original intent was, so spare me.

Try to open your mind up and learn from those that know history and have an understanding you seem to lack.