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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
does 'general welfare' include the power for congress to mandate anything they want?
No.
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That is not an answer. I'm not suggesting Congress can mandate anything they want.
Health care = general welfare
So how is the mandate not within Congress's power:
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States;