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Originally Posted by VulcanRider
Sorry, that's what happens when I start posting before coffee...
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No worries mate
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Originally Posted by VulcanRider
But don't you think the opinion of one of the men who helped write the document in the first place carries a *little* more weight as to what that document means?
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Very much so, but you can not turn back time and for right or wrong what you have now has been honed and polished by people elected to govern.
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Originally Posted by VulcanRider
As you pointed out, the "provide for the general welfare" clause keeps getting "clarified" -- unfortunately, the people doing the clarifying seem to be figuring out new ways to increase government authority far beyond what the original authors intended. It's been going on for w-a-y too long for any one person to beat it in court.
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And long may be that so in this case