6 Jan 2014 9:02 am
Which had nothing to do at all with today's Welfare State or what today's Liberalism is.Skeptic » 06 Jan 2014 8:35 am » wrote: You misunderstand the principles again, cllembat. Try looking up the "Necessary and Proper" clause that both Hamilton and Madison agreed was necessary to have a federal government AT ALL.
Or with my summary of the Founding Principles.
"The foregoing powers" which were explicitly listed and which were severely limited by the forgotten 10th Amendment.The Congress shall have Power ... To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
By liberal reasoning, just about anything is permissible for the federal government to do. It has no limitations.