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Originally Posted by dblack
Your position initially was that the general welfare clause is an enumerated power. The quote you posted from Madison was a direct argument against this position. His argument is that it is not, and that the enumerated powers comprise and exclusive list of congressional powers - that they are NOT merely a list of examples. Seriously, you need to work on your reading comprehension.
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It is a specifically enumerated general power that specifies how our tax money is to be spent: for the common defense and general welfare.
The specific enumeration of specific powers are examples and qualifications of what was meant by the general welfare and common defense.
That is my consistent contention you are always welcome to call me on.
The point is that the common Offense and general Warfare ("A power to destroy the freedom of the press, the trial by jury, or even to regulate the course of descents, or the forms of conveyances,) must be very singularly expressed by the terms 'to raise money for the general welfare.'"
Not everything qualifies as the common defense or general welfare, as a form of moral and ethic for income transfers and taxation.