Posted by Bob on 9/1/2007, 7:19 am, in reply to "Re: Individualism" Liberals have got it backwards, assuming that by default, any time there is an ambiguity, the federal government gets the benefit. It's exactly the opposite. Any ambiguity must, by default, be settled in favor of the states and the people.
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The "general welfare" clause is not a catch-all empowerment of the federal government. The Tenth Amendment is precisely to address such ambiguities in the main body, and Amendments SUPERSEDE any prior clauses.
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