In article , "J. Clarke" wrote:

The power to tax is granted to the government by the Constitution. So
is the power to establish a budget. By the reasoning above both of
those powers may be used to secure the general welfare. As can
others.

Well, yes, but the point is that "to secure the general welfare" is *not* a
blanket authorization for the Congress to exercise powers that are *not*
granted to it.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.