you are completely wrong about 'provide for the general welfare
Whereas:
Words are generally to be understood in their usual and most known signification; not so much regarding the propriety of grammar, as their general and popular use.
--Blackstone
GENERAL, (jen'-er-al) a. Comprehending many species or individuals ; not special ; not particular.
--A Dictionary of the English Language: 1785
WELFARE, (wel'-fare) n.i. Happiness; success; prosperity.
--A Dictionary of the English Language: 1785
It appears that:
General welfare = The happiness of many individuals.
because of your insistence on using a sentence fragment that excludes the DIRECT OBJECT OF THE SENTENCE
The object is the people of the United States.
our government was never set up to be 'big government' and 'social safety nets
Our government was set up with a Congress that had power to tax and spend to provide for the happiness of many people of the United States.
that has been a warped addition by the power hungry and the uber-leftist scumbag assholes like yourself
Nope, you're wrong.
It is a just interpretation arrived at by a fair and objective application of the
well established common law rules of construction.