J. Clarke wrote:

The founders carefully considered what the government should pay for
and listed it in the Constitution. There is nothing there about the
government paying for medical treatment.

There are a lot of things we take for granted that aren't mentioned in the
Constitution, yet it might be awkward to do away with all of them.

And schools, police, and
fire departments are not funded by the national government, nor are
parks.

Say what?

I don't know what a "community power consortium" is but there
is certainly no Federally funded power grid.

Considering that the power companies have displayed indifference to
protecting their systems from computer hackers (especially those paid by
foreign powers) I for one won't be surprised to see the federal govt. take a
more active interest in that industry.