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There is a reliable rumor going around that says the rumblings we felt on Tuesday in the eastern United States were not caused by an earthquake. Instead, they were the result of the combined energy of our Founding Fathers rolling over in their graves. … Read More

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“If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the General Welfare, the Government is no longer a limited one, possessing enumerated powers, but an indefinite one.” Madison saw, in principle, the causes of the economic decline of our country over the past eighty years.

The “General Welfare Clause” of the Constitution has served, incorrectly, as an excuse for secular progressives to expand the number of government programs, entitlements, and regulations all in the name of the “general welfare” of the people. Perhaps you are unfamiliar with this much abused section of the Constitution: The " … Read More