[QUOTE="LOXO7"][QUOTE="Abbeten"] Robbing people is against the law, but if people are desperately poor, crime rates go up. This is a fact. Lessening poverty lowers crime rates. This improves the general welfare.You clearly don't understand economics if you think it's viable to make welfare instantly available to everyone in the country simultaneously.
'Following the laws in the Constitution' does not reduce financial burdens. The Constitution is not a magic wand. It is not a panacaea. It does not magically make all of our problems go away.
General welfare does not need to be interpreted as 'instantly available to everyone.' General welfare can (and probably should) be interpreted as 'improve your quality of life.) Instituting limited welfare improves the quality of life of everyone, albeit not to the same degree.
Abbeten
Where does the government get money? Today from taxes and the Fed. People would quickly understand that having a big government is bad for the economy. I have faith in people not to use welfare if they don't need it. Of course following the laws reduces financial burdens. The governments directions is the Constitution. America cannot go to war unless congress declares it. America spends half a trillion of dollars each year for wars. Following this law wouldn't drastically cut this military spending? What would the congress spend our current rate of taxes on? Oh I know that answer. It could pay off debts. We have one that is 16 trillion. Provide for more defense. Build more ships to defend our boarders. Build more tanks to stop illegal emigrants from coming up from Mexico. And provide for the general welfare. Congress can spend money on three laws. Anything else it spends money on. You guess it. Is unconstitutional. Holy hell. You are unbelievably naive. You really expect people to pass up free money? You need to ready an economics textbook. Or the wikipedia article on game theory. And I am talking about private financial burden. Following the Constitution doesn't help some dude who dropped out of college to get a minimum wage to take care of his sick mother. Doesn't really work like that. And tanks at the border? The hell are you even talking about?I thought you knew what you were talking about when you said it would be bad for the economy. I agree with you it would be. It basically is now, but people like you think it's better than what it would be if everyone could get "free" money. If people knew welfare was a hindrance on economic growth less people would do it. It's socialism. It doesn't work for success. But they don't know because government controls it. Stop controlling it government. And start doing what you're told. You are supposed to let the general populace take it if it needs it. And let it work itself out.
Yes following the Constitution helps some dude. Dropping out was probably the best thing he did under the current following the Constitution by our government because the Fed controls the monetary policies. They guarantee no job growth. Why isn't his sick mother on the general welfare? It doesn't work because the government messes it up. And the people allow this to happen.
Only three things congress can spend money on. Debt, national defense (which is where the tanks came from), and general welfare.
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