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me: What is best for their welfare? you: promoting the general welfare I don’t understand what we disagree on.

• psunavy03 3y ago
  Promoting the welfare of the population in general does not encompass paternalistically "deciding what's best for" a group of people. It's the difference between a manager going out of their way to give you the tools to succeed and going out of their way to micromanage you, decide "what's good for you" in the workplace, and Goddammit why didn't you fill out your time tracker?
• bumby 3y ago
  It’s in the Taxing and Spending Clause, it’s not as broad as to give powers to “do whatever we want as long as we can tie it to the welfare of a group.” The closest clause to that is the commerce clause.