[Sofa King]

"The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;"

"General welfare" does not mean "whatever you feel like". First off, "general welfare of the United States" means the United States as a whole. Taking from half the population and giving it to the other half is not helping the nation as a whole. Second off, the enumerated power here is the ability to tax, not the power to care for the general welfare of the nation. In other words, the government uses it's enumerated powers to work for the general welfare of the nation- and pays for it with the taxes collected as allowed for by this clause.

[Southack]

"Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;"

"General welfare" does not mean "whatever you feel like"." - Sofa King

Then what does it mean to you, specificly? Please be precise, and keep in mind that whatever limits are ascribed to "general welfare" must *also* be ascribed to "common defense", as they are both in the same part of the same sentence in our Constitution.