The specific areas where Congress was intended to have legitmatacy are the Enumerated Powers. Clauses like the general welfare clause are not expansions to those powers but merely provide a context that those powers should be used under.

The Framers established a Limited Restrained Federal Govt. They did not go through the bother of listing the Enumerated Powers and then add wide-open do-whatever-you-want catch-alls.

A reason this Govt had to be restrained in what it could do nationwide was because the people in the various regions and States would have refused to join the Union if this Federal Govt was going to impose things on them theydid not want.

The limited Govt allowed there to be a very large country, where the peolpe would live in harmony with one another because the rule making (and the mistake making) would be locally-caused and locally able to be fixed.

The Federalization of welfare was not only illegal it’s also what is bankrupting this country and it wasn’t necessary.

And now this Congress and President are going to add even more to it.

The Federal Govt’s tax authority was limited for only expeditures of the State.. not for redistribution.

The 5th Amendment forbids the seizure of private property for public use without compensation.

Many of us are done with this. We’ve had enough. No more.

When the dollar collapses, the world as you know it will never be the same.

Some people are able to see this risk and are fighting to prevent it.

Others seem to either absolutely not care because of thier selfish emotional problems or seem to want it to happen.

So go ahead and attack Bachmann.. Quibble over the percentage that the Fascist Govt now controls ..

This arrogant society is about to take a fall , remember that when it happens you were the ones that enabled it.

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i think it comes from an interpretation of the following:
Article I, Section 8, Clause 3:
“ [The Congress shall have power] To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes; ”

Where in the Constitution does it say the Federal Government can control the Wealth of America? No where, therefore controlling the Wealth of America is reserved to the people.

Where in the Constitution does it say that the Federal Government has the authority to tax citizens to provide Health Care to other citizens? Nowhere does it even begin to suggest that, therefore it is inherent on the states to determine if they wish to do that.

Where in the Constitution does it say the federal government has the right to set a minimum wage for the entire country? Nowhere, therefore if the individual states wish to set one they have the right to do so.

Where in the Constitution does it say that Marriage is a liberty? Nowhere, because marriage is not a liberty, it is a privilege. Therefore the federal government has no business denying it, or allowing it. That decision is reserved to the states.

Defense spending is not the only spending that is Constitutional, it is just one of the few. We could dramatically cut our deficit by cutting the spending that is not prescribed for in the Constitution, there is no need to cut that which is.

You could go down through the budgets of the last nearly 100 years and find repeated instances of spending that is not prescribed for in the Constitution. The same for Legislation. This is not something that started with Obama or Bush or Clinton. This started long ago, and the sad thing is so many Americans see this as Republican vs Democrat. They then support whichever of the two their mommy and daddy supported, and in the end both parties forget their responsibilities, and seek only to benefit themselves.

They will at least spread it around to many that have needs but no means to acquire that wealth. In fact, perhaps it should go to 80% rather than 30%.