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To: sourcery
The purpose of the Constitution is to limit the power of government so that individual liberty will not be constrained.

But the Powerful have interpreted General Welfare in such a way that they can do anything they want.

This interpretation is false on its face.

2 posted on 02/07/2015 9:53:16 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (The dog days are over /The dog days are done/Can you hear the horses? /'Cause here they come)
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To: ClearCase_guy
The purpose of the Constitution is to limit the power of government

Exactly. Amazing how many people today spin it as a grant to nearly absolute power.

12 posted on 02/07/2015 10:59:55 AM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: ClearCase_guy

None if you believe the people who sold & ratified the Constitution. They are qualifications of the enumerated powers not power in themselves.


14 posted on 02/07/2015 12:36:13 PM PST by Monorprise
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