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01-05-2008, 02:23 AM
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Fighting over the word "of" didn't work so now you want to dispute a comma?
The phrase "promote the general welfare" does not grant any power to Congress PERIOD. Promote the general welfare means allowing citizens to enjoy peace and prosperity or the ordinary blessings of society and civil government. It means nothing more or less than that. How you might ask am I so sure about what the phrase "general welfare" meant when they wrote the Constitution? Because the 1828 copy of Webster's has the phrase defined so someone won't try to twist it. Here's an actual photocopy of the entry... http://alanchapman.org/libertyvault/...alwelfare.html Contrary to what you're attempting to twist "general welfare" into, it is NOT a blank check for the government to create any laws it wishes and it grants no powers to the federal government at all. Quote:
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