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What Does the “General Welfare” Clause Mean?

30 Sunday Dec 2012

Posted by blogsense-by-barb in America, Big Government, blogsense, citizenship, Community interest, Culture, Faith, FREEDOM, Leadership, Lifestyle, Moral Character, National Security, Obamacare, Parenting, People, thoughts, US Constritution, WE THE PEOPLE

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These are the first 10 Amendments to the United States Constitution. Some of these are more relevant than others in the 21st century, but each has its place. There is much debate lately, particularly over the first two of these ten amendments: freedom of speech and the right for each American to bear arms, if desired.

Prefacing the Bill of Rights, though, is a “Preamble” which seems to clarify most things.

    WHO? ~ We the people of the United States,

WHY? What is the PURPOSE of this document?

  • in order to form a more perfect union,(to improve our governing system over the Articles of Confederation)
  • establish justice,(devise a system of Laws that apply to ALL American citizens equally)
  • insure domestic tranquility,(establish and maintain internal peace between different faiths, races, cultures)
  • provide for the common defense,(establish, train, and maintain a military might to protect our borders and American interests)
  • promote the general welfare,
  • and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity,
  • (what?)do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

    But …

    What Does the “General Welfare” Clause Mean?

    **DISCLAIMER: I am NOT a legal expert, nor do I claim any legal authority other than Common Sense which is not really so common these days.

    * ~ * ~ *

    Of all of the clauses contained in the Preamble, none have come under more scrutiny lately than the “general welfare” clause. The others are pretty self-explanatory, but the meaning of “general welfare” has changed over the decades, or has it?

    Clearly, when our nation was conceived, none of the Founders foresaw the availability of health insurance or food stamps. Neither would they have ever considered Social Security or Medicare. But are these programs contained within the meaning of “general welfare?”

      “The power brokers in Congress and Barrack Obama are hell-bent on convincing the American public that they have the right to enact health care and energy mandates based on the General Welfare reference in the U.S.Constitution … The General Welfare reference in the U.S. Constitution was meant only to provide support for the individual States to have national defense and provide a basis for the States to be able to conduct their own affairs.”

    the-preamble-of-the-constitution-of-the-united-states-764I mean, think about it! If the Founders had intended for the government to provide food, housing, and employment for its citizens, wouldn’t that have begun at the beginning? Wouldn’t President Washington have built stockpile warehouses filled with provisions of food and building supplies to pass out to needy citizens? But they didn’t! WHY? Because they were heartless and cruel? Because they are all independently wealthy and it never occurred to them? NO! They didn’t write it that way because they didn’t intend for government to “take care of” its citizens. The provision within the Constitution simply allows for each individual citizen or family unit to do whatever is necessary, within legal means, to meet their needs.

    From the beginning of time, there have been “poor” people, and chances are pretty good that we will always have a segment of our society that is “poor.” People are “poor” for a number of reasons. Some are mentally or physically unable to take care of themselves. These individuals become the responsibility, first, of family. Whether the “differently-abled” person is a child, a senior, or someone in between, if there is family, these have the moral responsibility to provide or care for the individual. This is how history records it.

    good samaritianAfter the family, if and when the family needs help, there is no family, or the family is unable to carry their family member, morally the “faith community” may be contacted for assistance or the local community. We’re all familiar with the concept of the “Good Samaritan.” (Luke 10:25-37) Early in our nation, people actually LIVED this way. If a “neighbor” needed help, needed a cup of sugar, needed help birthing a baby, needed help repairing their home … it was just assumed neighbors would pitch in both time and supplies. People KNEW their neighbors, and even if they weren’t the best of friends, there was still a common bond that implied a moral responsibility to help.

    Our nation faces a serious cultural, moral, & humanitarian issue that is bankrupting us. The establishment of the many social programs created under an exaggerated definition of the “general welfare” clause, may seem at first glance to serve a humanitarian need. Medicare, for example, provides tremendous assistance to Seniors who generally experience increasing health concerns with a fixed income. This seems like a good thing, especially the way it was originally designed – more like a “savings account” working adults deposit into through their career, so it is there when they can no longer work.

    Unfortunately, past administrations abused their authority and SPENT the money you and I earned. So now, this adminstration’s answer is to raise taxes on Americans – ALL working Americans – to pay for government’s inability (more accurately, their unwillingness) to reign in unnecessary, and in some cases, un-Constitutional spending. Medicare and Social Security were designed to be special “savings accounts” protected by the government for OUR use. OOOOOOPPPS! And now we want government to totally run our healthcare after squandering OUR money on the port along Alaska’s coast with no land access? or the bridge to no where? or any number of idiotic research projects? Yea … or the government that has bankrupted the Post Office? Or the government that sponsors a public education system that is something like 25th in math in the world while spending more money than ever? Do we really think the government knows our needs and how to meet them BETTER then we do?

    How do you suppose Ben Franklin (a scientifically minded man) would respond to Obamacare or the backing of foreign governments that seek our harm?

    james_madison_general_welfare_quoteWhat this debate comes down to is the definition of “promote the general welfare.” It doesn’t say “provide.” It says to “promote.” There is a huge difference between the promotion of something and the provision of it. The CONSTITUTION clearly states the objective is to “promote the general welfare.” It is not the government’s responsibility to be our “brother’s keeper. Its OURS! The government is only called upon to promote volunteerism, to promote community, to promote free trade, to promote intrastate commerce.

    Feel free to explain the administration’s justification for these grievous infringements on OUR rights. See, if we sit back and expect the government to do what we, as citizens, are morally and socially obligated to do, not only does the government overstep its boundaries and incur outrageous debt, but it also robs you and me of the blessings, the gratification, and the sense of community that binds us together as a people who cares for one another. Open the competition for health insurance so they can vie for our business. This will improve service and lower prices all the way around. It is government regulation, price fixing, and union interests that distort the free market system.

    READ the Preamble again. It is WE-the-PEOPLE who define the purpose of government. WE-the-PEOPLE must choose whether

    • to be free to make decisions for ourselves or
    • PAY to allow others with zero motivation to really care, make our decisions for us.

    It really has become an either/or situation.

    Election 2012, whichever side you took, lost! This administration believes we are not intelligent enough to make our own decisions. They believe every American must pay for the abortions of those with no morals or who cannot afford another child rather than expecting American adults to take responsibility for their own behavior. They believe every women is unable to pay for her contraception, so we all must pay for it. They believe every working American must pay for universal health care for those who choose not to work. (No debate over those unable to work!)

  • I submit we expect far too much from our government. They can’t even come up with a workable budget, let alone manage all we have abdicated to government control. Government is supposed to facilitate not manage.

  • I submit, we are robbing ourselves, and more importantly, our children and theirs, of the rich rewards of self-reliance.

  • I submit, WE-the-PEOPLE can still rise to the occasion and make America work again while we restore her freedoms.

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    An Optimistic America

    23 Wednesday May 2012

    Posted by blogsense-by-barb in America, Attitudes, blogsense, Character, Community interest, Congress, conservative, Current Events, Election 2012, Faith, FREEDOM, liberal, life, Moral Character, National Security, People, WE THE PEOPLE

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    An Optimistic America

    Posted on 05/22/2012 by By Alan Caruba @ papundits

    “I have always been an optimist. And, I hope, a realist. Of late though, I have been entertaining some pessimist thoughts about the future of America. This runs contrary to one of the enduring attributes of Americans because, like me, they too are optimists.”

    He goes on to say,

    “The problems Americans face today have been put in place by successive Congresses over decades and the blame falls equally on both Democrats and Republicans. Too much socialism!

    “The 2008 crisis of the housing mortgage and the banking meltdown is the result of government sponsored agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that own half of all the mortgage loans made. There is no reason why the government should be in the mortgage business that for most of the nation’s history was the providence of the banking industry. It was the “bundled” mortgage “assets” that seduced many banking institutions to purchase them.

    “The nation’s tax system is shot through with special breaks to various elements of the nation’s economy and includes the highest corporate tax of any nation on earth. It requires legions of lobbyists to maintain the special favors and it ignores the lower corporate tax rates that have made other nations more competitive than ours in the global marketplace.

    “The problem with America is not that it has millionaires and billionaires, but that it does not have more of them. They and other wealthy Americans pay the bulk of all income taxes while some forty percent of Americans pay nothing. That level of inequality is criminal. So is the tax system. It must be reformed as it threatens to make criminals of all who must deal with it.

    “The failure to reform Social Security and Medicare is yet another problem threatening the economy as a smaller workforce is required to pay for a growing aged population. A recent Rasmussen poll found that 64% of voters would prefer a government with fewer services and lower taxes. The findings are consistent with findings since 2006. Just 25% want more services.

    “The hollowing out of the nation’s military power is a major concern because a strong military is vital for the defense of the nation and, by extension, peace in the world.

    “Ours has a geriatric fleet of fighter and transport airplanes and a naval fleet that hasn’t been so small since the end of World War II. Our missile system is growing moldy in its silos. Our Army, Marines, National Guard and Reserves are worn out from constant rotations in and out the Middle Eastern conflicts in a world where asymmetrical warfare is the order of the day, not massed armies.

    “Our society is suffering from the erosion of the most fundamental tradition—marriage. The Obama administration announced it will not enforce the Defense of Marriage Act and the President’s endorsement of same-sex marriage is abhorrent.

    “Popular culture has degraded to films that are either cartoons or based on characters from comic books. Movies made for adults are becoming a vanishing genre. The nightly fare of situation comedies is filled with characters for whom casual sex is the norm. The nation remains a mecca for drugs at the same time our southern border remains superficially protected while drug cartels fill the streets of Mexico with the beheaded bodies of their rivals.

    “Our educational system has been so debased by the teacher’s unions since the 1960s that it is commonplace to learn that our children continue to lag behind all other nations in the fundamental knowledge of reading, writing, science, history and all other fields of knowledge on which a successful nation depends.

    “The nation’s unions are bankrupting states with their excessive demands for salaries, health care options, and pensions. They must be curbed and we are witnessing states like New Jersey and Wisconsin that have begun to reduce this drain on public treasuries.

    “Lastly, the programs advanced by wealthy environmental organizations such as Friends of the Earth, the Sierra Club, and others have imposed a vast matrix of laws and regulations that are putting at risk our ability to conduct any business enterprise. The Greens are successfully denying Americans access to reserves of coal, oil, and natural gas and have been seeking to erode property rights, the keystone of capitalism.”
    MORE HERE


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    So now we know the True Meaning of The Obama Hope & Change Agenda (via Voting American)

    20 Tuesday Sep 2011

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    Yes! We can hope and while we hoping, talk to everyone we know and even those we don’t know … spread the word that there is a better way …

    So now we know the True Meaning of The Obama Hope & Change Agenda S O C I A L I S M We have had enough of President Obama’s blatant lies and misrepresentations of the facts. It is time for our Elected Officials and Media to call this President out on the carpet and expose his true Agenda for what it really is, Socialism! The American People are not stupid Mr. President and we proved that on November 2nd 2010.  Do you really think we are going to allow this to continue unchecked? Your brand of Liberalism and Soc … Read More

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    Help Launch the Tea Party Debt Commission!

    05 Friday Aug 2011

    Posted by blogsense-by-barb in America, Big Government, blogsense, Christianity, citizenship, conservative, Courage, Courage of convictions, Current Events, Democrat, education, Election 2012, Events, Faith, FREEDOM, gratitude, history, inspirational, Issues, Leadership, liberal, life, Lifestyle, Military Veterans, Moral Character, Musings, news, Opinion, Parenting, Patriotism, People, politics, Republican, Seniors, spiritual, tea party, thoughts, toddlers, US Constritution, WE THE PEOPLE, writing

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    Help Us Launch the Tea Party Debt Commission!

    We are proud to announce Contract from America and FreedomWorks are launching our own Tea Party Debt Commission! During the next several months we will be holding grassroots activist hearings around the country and developing a budget that, at a minimum, cuts $9 trillion and balances the budget.

    In preparation for those discussions, we are asking for your input. What are your spending cut priorities? What tough choices would you be willing to make? Please click below and help us get started.

    Click here to begin

    Here’s your chance to have a say. If you click the above link, you will be shown a series of options from which to choose only one. If you are unsure about an issue, open a new window and do a search – inform yourself! Together, we can re-make America for our children and grandchildren!

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    I think it’s Time we STOP! Hey, What’s That Sound?

    10 Sunday Jul 2011

    Posted by blogsense-by-barb in America, blogsense, citizenship, conservative, education, history, liberal, life, politics, spiritual, tea party, thoughts, WE THE PEOPLE, writing

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    “Stop, children, what’s that sound? Everybody looks what going down. Battle lines are being drawn. Nobody’s right, if everybody’s wrong … Step out-a line the men come and take you away. Think it’s time we …

    STOP!

    There’s something happening here.
    What it is ain’t exactly clear.
    There’s a man with a gun over there,
    Telling me I got to beware.
    I think it’s time we stop, children, what’s that sound?
    Everybody look what’s going down …
    “

    “Protection, therefore, against the tyranny of the magistrate is not enough; there needs protection also against the tyranny of the prevailing opinion and feeling; against the tendency of society to impose, by other means than civil penalties, its own ideas and practices as rules of conduct on those who dissent from them.” ~ John Stuart Mill

    Something IS happening here in America. This song was written as a PROTEST song as unrest grew at home during Vietnam under the inflated and misguided influence of the media. That same media is out of control now! When the major networks can get away with blatant lies in order to manipulate the public … Whatever happened to responsible journalism? Like every place else, virtue has declined. It is no longer satisfactory just to write a good story, to uncover some scandal, or inform the public of some dastardly scheme. Journalism has deteriorated into yet another commercially-motivated industry at the expense of journalistic integrity. If WE THE PEOPLE cannot count on the media to inform us, and we can’t count on Washington to be honest with us, then we will have to find a way to stay informed on our own – SELF-RELIANCE! “It’s time we stop, hey, what’s that sound? Everybody look what’s going down.”

    Paranoia strikes deep:
    Into your life it will creep.
    It starts when you’re always afraid.
    You step out of line, the man come and take you away.

    I watched one of the news shows this morning with Christiane Amanpour. She interviewed White House Chief of State, Bill Daley concerning the budget talks. From start to finish, the administration’s intent was clearly rehearsed and repeated. The aim is to push blame at Republicans who are the “grown ups” here, standing firm at NO TAXES. Repeatedly, Daley used the phrase “kick the can” in reference to the Rep’s righteous, immovable stand while completely negating the two years the Dem’s had to come up with helpful solid economic help, not to mention the several months since Rep Ryan made his ill-timed, but worthy budget proposal. Still no leadership out of the Whitehouse. It has always been the Rep’s to give in, to cave under pressure of becoming the “bad guys.” Not this time – NOT THIS TIME! We cannot afford to bend. Washington must stop spending and NOT at the expense of the upper income brackets who are already paying in excess of 40% of our expenses!

    STOP!

    The whole default notion is BUNK … Social Security and Medicare have sufficient funds to pay NOW. There are sufficient appropriations to cover current expenses. What we cannot do is allow WASHINGTON to SPEND MORE … and MORE … and MORE … and MORE … and MORE … and MORE … and MORE … and MORE … and more …………. There MUST be a CAP. There must be a balanced Budget amendment, and there must be deep cuts everywhere – even the Defense budget can use some trimming! CUT WASTE!

    I think it’s time we stop,
    WE THE PEOPLE,
    what’s that sound?
    Everybody LOOK what’s going down!

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    of the beneficent Creator to the whole human race,
    and that civil liberty is founded in that;
    and cannot be wrested from any people,
    without the most manifest violation of justice.”

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