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You could well ask what provision of the Constitution authorized the Federal Government to spend hundreds of billions of today's dollars to put a man on the moo
by Bostonian 3y ago
You could well ask what provision of the Constitution authorized the Federal Government to spend hundreds of billions of today's dollars to put a man on the moon. If the Federal government can spend money on that, what is off limits? Tax money is ultimately taken at gun point, which means it should only be spent on necessary public goods.
- mikequinlan 3y agoWe the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
- pessimizer 3y agoQuoted like someone who has only read the first few words. The actual rules come after that part.
- zerocrates 3y agoFair enough, how do you feel about "The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States" then?
- tick_tock_tick 3y agoThe 16th Amendment. It gave the federal government money while explicitly freeing it of any responsibility on how it spends it.
- zerocrates 3y agoWhat in the 16th Amendment do you think explicitly made any change to how the government can spend money?