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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet
"Provide for the General Welfare of the United States" = Promote the well being of the nation (another failure on the part of congress by allowing so much of our vital industry to be exported to foreign shores amongst other things) the United States is a nation. the PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES is something else entirely.
I would completely understand if it had said...
"Provide for the General Welfare of the PEOPLE." which it most expressly does NOT say
i would assume that the framers of the constitution would have been smart enough to write that in if they had intended for the government to take complete and total care of every individual.
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Haplo and GR: Next time there is an argument about what is supposed to be different about our country, please don't say "Of the people, by the people, FOR the people." I agree that the original concept was to protect individual freedom and autonomy for the citizens, but the wording has been argued about for as long as the ideas and ideals have. Nit-picking the wording to prove your point doesn't prove anything.