What did our founders really mean when they said “general welfare”?

[rightwinger]

So you advocate permanent far Left one party rule with an all encompassing central government just like your heroin the former USSR. People like you need to be sent away to await sentencing and summary execution for treason

I advocate rule by whom…..We the People elect

 

[GMCGeneral]

I advocate rule by whom…..We the People elect

And when we elect REAL Americans, not the far Left Communists you support, you raise all kinds of Cain over it.

 

[GMCGeneral]

We are a Republic where the representatives are elected democratically, a democratic Republic

No, a CONSTITUTIONAL Republic with that document being ironclad law that must be obeyed to by the letter.

 

[Dirk the Daring]

Means do what is in the best interests of the country

Would you prefer Yolanda abort those kids she can’t support?

I would prefer that we stop incentivizing bad behavior. How about Yolanda have a sense of responsibility and refrain from having children that she can't support? Why must everyone else carry the burden of her actions?

 

[rightwinger]

I would prefer that we stop incentivizing bad behavior. How about Yolanda have a sense of responsibility and refrain from having children that she can't support? Why must everyone else carry the burden of her actions?

Because people like to ****
Rich people do it, poor people do it

If you don’t want to support their children…..stop trying to end Abortion

 

[GMCGeneral]

Because people like to ****
Rich people do it, poor people do it

If you don’t want to support their children…..stop trying to end Abortion

No, stop taxing the private sector into oblivion. Businesses cannot thrive when taxed and regulated literally to death. And yes, Yolanda needs to get off her lazy good for nothing fatass and get a job.

 

[rightwinger]

No, stop taxing the private sector into oblivion. Businesses cannot thrive when taxed and regulated literally to death. And yes, Yolanda needs to get off her lazy good for nothing fatass and get a job.

The Private Sector is doing just fine

Record profits, booming stock market. Low unemployment

 

[GMCGeneral]

The Private Sector is doing just fine

Record profits, booming stock market. Low unemployment

Cooked books, moron. Businesses will not set up in blue shithole states like New York.

 

[80zephyr]

Actually, it does

Not from anything I have ever read.

 

[Hum Dinger]

If you voted for Trump there’s a good chance you’re a lot like me with regard to why....I voted for him on two policies almost exclusively...First and foremost on how he would deal with illegal Mexicans and the border and second on how he would yank lowlifes off the Democrat induced welfare plantation.
Anyhoo, as we approach the point where welfare reform will be visited I ask for your opinions on EXACTLY what you think our founders meant when they used the phrase “GENERAL WELFARE” in the constitution?

Attention all Smartest Guys In The Room, and legal scholars:
Please spare us the case citations such as the U.S. vs Butler case and the like. I’m interested in YOUR opinions.

General Welfare is one of the officers that Trump is planning on purging from the Pentagon.

 

[the watcher]

I think that the original text was to provide for the general confusion, but the ink was blurred by Jefferson's tears.

 

[there4eyeM]

What was envisioned in the past is entirely eclipsed by what has happened. The entire world has to be rethought. Not necessarily all replaced, but most certainly rethought.

 

[dblack]

What was envisioned in the past is entirely eclipsed by what has happened. The entire world has to be rethought. Not necessarily all replaced, but most certainly rethought.

Sounds like you're calling for a Constitutional Convention.

 

[there4eyeM]

Sounds like you're calling for a Constitutional Convention.

Now that you mention it...

 

[dblack]

Now that you mention it...

Would at least be productive in terms of getting people to actually think about this stuff.

 

[the watcher]

That would be a huge mistake.

 

[JohnDB]

General Welfare is the concept that reinforces things like senators being appointed instead of elected, electoral colleges and etc.

The founders wanted to avoid "Mob rule"

 

[rightwinger]

General Welfare is the concept that reinforces things like senators being appointed instead of elected, electoral colleges and etc.

The founders wanted to avoid "Mob rule"

Makes no sense how it is connected

 

[otto105]

Matt gaetz fir anything?


Seriously

 

[JohnDB]

Makes no sense how it is connected

Because it's ye Olde English....250 years ago.
General welfare is about the government making decisions that are not necessarily popular but are necessary for the welfare of the people. Under such a concept controlled substances are controlled.