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Article #1128Re: Junk Food Nation
From: Jon Nadelberg
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 04:35
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 04:35
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"Uncle Jimbo" <jimbo@hunting.killing.net> wrote in message news:JSdMe.1869$hF1.721@newssvr30.news.prodigy.com... > > "Jon Nadelberg" <news@nadelberg.com> wrote... >>> The Constitution says that powers not explicitly provided to the >>> government are denied to it. The general language about "provide for >>> the general welfare" is just boilerplate in the intro section. >>> >> >> That boilerplate is there to give reason for the Constitution, and the >> rules within are laid out so as to do the things in the Preamble. What >> do you think those rules are all for? > > Okay then, I've actually heard leftists quote the same "general welfare" > as > a requirement that the government provide welfare payments to poor people. > I guess it's like xians of different ideologies arguing that Jebus would > have said one thing or another, just like we are arguing what the founders > would say if they heard someone say the government should ban meat and > force people to eat tofu instead. My guess is that if King George had > done such a thing, that the right to eat what you want would indeed be > enshrined in the Constitution. > Since the document is interpreted, it can mean many things to many people. It has also changed over the years too, as it has gone through different interpretations.
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