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Originally Posted by Rekna
If you want to remove the general welfare clause then we better remove fire departments, police departments, schools, highways, national parks, student loans, research grants, medicare, medicare, social security, welfare, food stamps, income tax, etc.
Let's face it some of these programs have been challenged on constitutional grounds all the way to the supreme court and in every case the supreme court came back and said that the programs are constitutional. There is nothing in the constitution that prevents the government from providing health care and the general welfare clause would seem to allow it (especially given the precedence set by other programs). The unconstitutional argument is a non-starter.
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Wow, I would eliminate virtually every thing on your list. I would keep highways and income tax (flat tax). fire/police/schools/parks/healthcare/retirement/welfare/food stamps would all go to state (as the state chose to vote it in). Loans and grants would be private.
It would be for the general welfare of the people that we all have a pony. Ponies are cute and cut your grass while you work. I think the federal government should give everyone a pony.