Article 1, Section 8. 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; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
Congress passed laws creating food stamps and unemployment, as they are allowed by the Constitution to do under Section 8 above: specifically, providing for the general welfare of the United States. No constitutional challenge has been made to these laws, hence they are valid under Section 8, and would not be reserved to the states under the tenth amendment. On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 3:18 PM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:273673 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
