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To: Sofa King
"Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated." --Thomas Jefferson

"Looks like somebody agrees with my interpretation after all, huh?" - Sofa King

Who would disagree with Jefferson's point in the first place? Congress has the power to tax and spend, and Congressional power is checked and balanced by the Judicial and Executive branches, hardly an "unlimited" mandate.

102 posted on 04/07/2003 10:01:45 AM PDT by Southack (Media bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Southack
"Who would disagree with Jefferson's point in the first place? Congress has the power to tax and spend, and Congressional power is checked and balanced by the Judicial and Executive branches, hardly an "unlimited" mandate."

Let's see, um, YOU?

"Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated." --Thomas Jefferson

That's EXACTLY what I was saying, and you were disagreeing.

109 posted on 04/07/2003 10:37:56 AM PDT by Sofa King (-I am Sofa King- tired of liberal BS!)
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