edthecynic
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Repeating that hateist BS doesn't make it any truer. I pointed out that Marshall decided the issue LONG before FDR. Regressives try to blame all their failures on their scapegoats, in this case Progressives like FDR. I'm sorry you hate America and the Constitution so much, maybe you should think about moving somewhere where you will be happier like Iran, no Progressives there.Humanizing Hamilton has nothing to do with "general welfare" and you know it. But it does show how CON$ can rationalize anything.
And the radical extremist Heritage Foundation is hardly a credible source, especially when they don't enumerate what they are and are not counting as military spending.
Here is a good article showing the difference between the stated defense budget and the REAL defense related spending.
UNDERNEWS: THE REAL DEFENSE BUDGET
Add it all together, and you get $974 billion - almost $1 trillion.
If you want to know how much we spend for defense in a generic sense, you can about double the $534 billion many articles will report.
The General Welfare Clause is not an enumerated power.... at least, it's not supposed to be. Weird how we get a whole new interpretation when one threatens to pack the court with his own people 'til he gets his way though, huh?
FDR only got Social Security through by coercion. And Hamilton's Report on Manufacturers from 1791, after ratification, was used to give the illusion of authenticity. Medicare and Medicaid are predicated off of that little bit of evil arm-twisting... and they're busting our asses today.
You can complain about the Heritage Foundation as a source if you like. Hell, I stopped reading your link at the word "progressive". I wouldn't believe water was wet if a "progressive" told me it was so. They're little more than thieves in my book.
But that doesn't change the fact that national security is a clearly enumerated power and social welfare at the federal level is NOT. And I really don't care if military spending upsets you. Airmail yourself to Afghanistan if you like. Maybe you can talk the terrorists around to your way of thinking.
What I care about is that my children enjoy the security and liberty that is their birthright as Americans.