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To: Walkin Man
Our government is charged with "promoting the general welfare" of the American people.

Common mistake, usually made by Democrats.

The words "general welfare" are only relevant in that they describe the purpose for given Congress the power to pass laws restricted to the enumerations in Article I, Section 8.

123 posted on 02/18/2004 6:27:28 AM PST by MrB
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To: MrB
FINE, let the President and the Republican party run on a platform of "Billions for CEO's, Crumbs and Economic Ruin for the Rest" and see how far they get.

The Rats have already picked up this ball and are running with it while Mr Bush has said through his economic adviser that getting rid of high-paying American jobs is a good thing. Mr Bush has also said through his illegal Mexican amnesty bill that getting rid of low-paying American jobs is a good thing as well!

That about covers it all, eh?

We will see how well this plays out in the fall.

141 posted on 02/18/2004 6:41:52 AM PST by Walkin Man
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To: MrB
The words "general welfare" are only relevant in that they describe the purpose for given Congress the power to pass laws restricted to the enumerations in Article I, Section 8.

Yes, and I think it also says something about providing for the common defense. I'll leave it to you to provide the cite.

We now have the most powerful military ever known. Please tell me after outsourcing all the jobs we can, importing guest workers for the jobs we cannot and eliminating the source of corporate and personal income taxes as a source of revenue, how we still will be able to support a military to defend our country?

Oh! I lost my head for a moment there. Of course. The U.N. will protect us all.

333 posted on 02/18/2004 10:19:45 AM PST by navyblue
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