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Anti-Federalist Patrick Henry was absolutely correct when he said the general welfare clause would open the door to all kinds of abuses.
Jefferson said the biggest failing was that there was no limit on the federal government’s ability to borrow money......again very astute observation.
I liked several modifications made in the Confederate Constitution such as bills may only be about one thing and that must be stated in the title (ie no pork barrel “riders”), a line item veto for the president, term limits, new spending requires a 2/3rds majority in each house, the government must run a balanced budget, infrastructure spending other than the dredging of harbors to be charged to the industries using that infrastructure ie no offloading those costs onto the taxpayers.
Think how much better off we’d be with those provisions.