manifold
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- #561
I gotta disagree with this. There was a certain intent when crafting the constitution, and if we're not going to accept the framers' own explanations after the fact then why even bother deferring to the document at all?
Because he's not alive to tell us how to apply it on a case by case basis.
Very true, but in many cases there's an obvious common sense application that STILL isn't applied.
If they're telling us that general welfare wasn't intended to provide hand outs to anyone willing to show up at the office, then we're obviously not applying it correctly because we're handing out money like candy these days.
Vote for Gary Johnson then. That's what I'm doing.