why so? our Founding Fathers did an Most Excellent job, in my opinion.
yes they did, but they also held a very deep and firm conviction that there is no need so great that the members could or should vote from the national treasury to support a person, organization, or group.
To them the general welfare did not mean giving of the treasury, but supporting the institutions and concepts the help and keep us free. By free, that pertains to the Bill of Rights and against foreign invasion.
An example would be, an army is amassing on one of our borders. They would form an army which consisted of volunteer and conscripted regulars and state militias and fight to repel the invaders because that would promote the general welfare of the nation.