[T]he [General Welfare] clause confers a power separate and distinct from those later enumerated, is not restricted in meaning by the grant of them, and Congress consequently has a substantive power to tax and to appropriate, limited only by the requirement that it shall be exercised to provide for the general welfare of the United States. It results that the power of Congress to authorize expenditure of public moneys for public purposes is not limited by the direct grants of legislative power found in the Constitution. But the adoption of the broader construction leaves the power to spend subject to limitations. [T]he powers of taxation and appropriation extend only to matters of national, as distinguished from local, welfare.
Maureen wrote: > 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:273678 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
