I am, but lets examine it shall we? "The Congress <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress> shall have Power - To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enumerated_powers>, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof." - Section 8 Clause 18
You could also argue pints in the "general welfare clause" to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; As well as the "commerce clause" To regulate Commerce <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commerce> with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes. However I would then argue that while all that is true, the tenth amendment to the constitution, part of the bill of rights, effectively closes those loop holes. The bill of rights was required to get the constitution ratified, as I'm sure you know. It placed much more severe limits on what the government could and couldn't do. I could likely go on to make a 9th amendment argument about the validity of using public funds in such a manner, and devolve into a 16th amendment discussion about how the tax system has been perverted and that the entire budget of the federal government shouldn't even be as large as these "necessary and proper" actions. Not my first time at the ball game my friend. On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Eric Roberts < [email protected]> wrote: > > Ever hear of the necessary and proper clause? > > -----Original Message----- > From: LRS Scout [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 11:55 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Growth of Income Inequality Is Worse Under Obama than Bush > > > The Auto bail out maybe wasn't a failure, but wasn't within the > constitutional powers allotted to the government in my opinion. > > The ARRA didn't create anywhere near the jobs it was supposed to, and I > know > you've seen the issues with the "green" companies that it supplied with > millions of dollars and how they are failing left and right. Again I also > think that this level of interference in the economy is unconstitutional. > > On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > In what ways do you think the auto bail out and ARRA were failures? > > > > Judah > > > > On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 9:41 AM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Should have been more specific, had the auto bail out in mind. > > > > > > Not to mention the ARRA and his other bailout and "stimulous" plans. > > > > > > he has continued failed programs at every turn, including many he > > > campaigned directly against. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:349909 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
