danielpalos
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Yes, providing for the general welfare is a specifically enumerated, general power in much the same manner as providing for the common Defense and paying the Debts. If, the other two powers are general powers, then so too must be the third.Yes, the general welfare clause is a general power; it is as general as providing for the common defense and paying the debts.Yes, providing for the general welfare is a general power not a specific power.Yes, it does, the general welfare includes the lieutenant general welfare, even the more dogmatic sergeant major general welfare, and all of the rest of the welfare "cohort". It is why it is called the general welfare and not the private welfare.
You are once again, ignorant and wrong. General welfare only refers to the powers specifically delegated to the government in the constitution.
No, it is *NOT* a general power. It is limited to the specific powers given.
The General Welfare clause means you can't make a policy that benefits one group of citizens at the expense of all others. Medicaid, unemployment comp, welfare, and so on, are all in violation of the General Welfare Clause.
"Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated" - Thomas Jefferson.
There is nothing 'general' about it. It is specific, and defined.