Comments on: General Misunderstandings

By: BrentM

BrentM — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 01:54:05 +0000

There are two types of people in this world.

Fools
&
Educated Fools

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By: TRISI

TRISI — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 19:52:37 +0000

Too bad the Puffington Post closed comments on that piece. To define 'general welfare' as anything the fed wants to do is as dangerous any totalitarian Dictatorship.

By: The End is Far

The End is Far — Fri, 20 May 2011 11:26:04 +0000

"which goes to show an Ivy League education doesn’t necessarily guarantee a student will actually graduate knowing anything." This is actually more common than one might think. I've worked for Deloitte & Touche with Ivy Leaguers there and had many Ivy League colleagues from various employers. While experience can and does make results based people out of many, most Ivy Leaguers, that I was exposed to, coming straight from college had a very striking behavior in common. Brown Nosing. I guess Ivy League Schools have a modern day School of Machiavelli that prepares future Central Planners for the Modern day Court where gaining the favor of the Elite through disguised nuance and properly timed overt praise ensures one's place among the Elite after one's Nose is sufficiently Brown. I was taught to work overtime and get the dam(n) job done. Not saying that all Ivy Leaguers displayed this expertise, just that it was in wide and varied use. Abrams is a victim of never having to think a thought fully through. A quick search of how 'welfare' was used in the 18th Century shows the definition meant 'prosperity'. Even if one could not pinpoint the specific use, a slightly more rigorous effort of checking 'welfare's' meanings against the 'Liberty' and Limited Gov't context of the Constitution would deliver the Prosperity meaning as well. Abrams understanding is Feeble at best and at worse simply lazy. http://wp.me/pB8xR-6k

By: Dokholliday

Dokholliday — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:39:41 +0000

google "Who Stole Your Social Security and Why?" Then you and I can can connect the dots and figure out that if and when the feds want to impress the people with gifts that come out of their pockets for their future then why are THEY stealing it away and then censoring the facts? When I was a child and my parents gave me a piggy bank to save for when I needed it (rainy day) my parents didn't come in and steal it away from me but if my parents ever would have at least they would have informed me of it and made a commitment to make good of what they has stolen. Our "PARTY"(s) have become living entities of their own and the party (either repubs or dems) have pulled the rug out from all of us in a great scheme to make us look bad in the face of their deceptive nobility. All of the money that has been stolen is predicated on lies, lies and more lies and how soon we forget and not mush of the truth is being displayed in our corporate owned MSM and it makes perfect sense in the world for the fat cats at the Federal Reserve to make sure that "we the people" have to borrow every red cent so as to make sure that all of the money that goes toward the "general welfare" of this nation as in social security etc has to be borrowed. "THEY" don't want any money laying around in a piggy bank that "we the people" use to protect our own interest because if the money isn't borrowed then they're not getting their cut = USURY!

By: Rob Natelson

Rob Natelson — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 01:59:03 +0000

Paul Abram's commentary on the General Welfare Clause exemplifies the tendency of some bright people who are very knowledgeable about some things to assume that they therefore know everything else. I think it safe to say that he posted his blog after little, if any, research into the question. Previous controversies about the Clause and an explanation of its true meaning (taking into account a language change since the 18th century) appear in my 2003 article, "The General Welfare Clause and the Public Trust: An Essay in Original Understanding, available at http://constitution.i2i.org/sources-for-constitut…

By: Mike Maharrey

Mike Maharrey — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 14:27:15 +0000

precisely.

By: Austin

Austin — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 11:56:55 +0000

No, there is no such power.

By: Mike Maharrey

Mike Maharrey — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:39:53 +0000

What I said – actually, what the framers said – is that the federal government can only legitimately exercise power, including taxing and spending money, in those areas the Constitution grants it authority to do so. All other powers remain with the state governments and the people. So, the question you need to answer for yourself is where there exists a grant of power in the Constitution for the federal government to create a health care reimbursement system like Medicare.

By: General Misunderstandings – Florida Tenth Amendment Center

General Misunderstandings – Florida Tenth Amendment Center — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:11:03 +0000

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