food stamps and unemployment are not powers specifically granted to the legislature of the United States of America. Therefore they should be legislated at state level. If you believe in the constitution at least.
See most people really don't anymore. They like to cherry pick it, take a piece and leave the rest. You know that pesky bill of rights? What does the 10th one say? Judah McAuley wrote: > I'm not keen on further debt either. But I don't get how extending > unemployment benefits and money for food stamps is unconstitutional or > why we wouldn't need them. > > Are we just supposed to say "Fuck the poor!"? > > > > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> So let me see if I get this. >> >> We as a nation are deeply in debt. >> >> We are going to spend a whole bunch of money that we don't have, on a >> whole bunch of programs that we don't need, and are probably >> unconstitutional anyway. We're going to borrow this money, with interest. >> >> Then we're going to give a tax rebate? >> >> Ok, yeah that makes sense. >> >> I wish I could spend the way a country does. >> >> So what do they foreclose on when they country defaults on it's loans? >> >> Robert Munn wrote: >>> http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081011/D93OF83O0.html >>> >>> After consulting with Barack Obama, Democratic leaders are likely to call >>> Congress back to work after the election in hopes of passing legislation >>> that would include extended jobless benefits, money for food stamps and >>> possibly a tax rebate, officials said Saturday. >>> >>> The bill's total cost could reach $150 billion, these officials said. >>> >>> ..... >>> >>> >>> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:273663 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
