That would be funding a general welfare program with a tax on a specific class of people.
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Of course, that lack of specific provisions has been construed by liberal constructionists to mean that anything that remotely sounds like promoting the general welfare is justified.
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The purpose of the General Welfare clause is to provide a reason, motivation, and purpose to the proper exercise of the Powers the Constitution specifically grants to Congress.
His technocrats, in the EPA, Health and Human Services, OSHA, Energy Department, and so on, regulate, subsidize, fine, and promote with no goal other than the general welfare.
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Without missing a beat, he cited the General Welfare Clause.
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Second, only government can make those investments in common goods that serve the general welfare but are too expensive for any individual or firm to purchase on their own.
Second, only government can make those investments in common goods that serve the general welfare but are too expensive for any individual or firm to buy on their own.
Citing James Madison, Woods asks an important question: if the general welfare clause is sufficient to justify pretty much anything the Federal government wants to do, why bother with enumerated powers?
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General Welfare Clause misinterpreters, you can start here.
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An organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare if it is primarily engaged in promoting in some way the common good and general welfare of the people of the community.
The assault on the individual mandate is really an assault on the public duty to assist other Americans in need, and in particular, an assault on the legal obligation to pay taxes to contribute to the general welfare.
As for the Welfare Clause, far from some ambiguous insertion meant to allow politicians to do whatever they wanted with our general welfare in mind, the Welfare Clause was written to ensure that any actions taken by the federal government that fell within its enumerated powers had to be considered with the general welfare of the citizenry in mind.
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At a stroke, this demolishes the long tradition of universal benefits, which was intended to secure general support for welfare.
Depending on whether investors buy the soccer clubs as well as the land on which the clubs' assets are sited, the General Presidency of Youth Welfare could raise more than 5 billion Saudi riyals, according to the same member of the committee.
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The General Presidency of Youth Welfare will submit the committee's report to the Supreme Economic Council and new legislation will have to be formed, according to members of the advisory committee, with the eventual privatization to take about two years to enact if approved.
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Thus, the debate became not only one about taxes, but vaguely about welfare programs in general.
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They also checked for general good order, assessed welfare facilities and checked for whether personal protective equipment, such as head gear, was being used appropriately.
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In the last general election, in 1995, Welfare was the biggest party, winning 21% of the vote.
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As a general rule they treat their servants well, care about their welfare and are generally respected by them in turn.
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It would be better to roll the program into the general budget and not have separate earmarked taxes, like any other welfare program.
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In a speech in Kent, Mr Cameron said he wanted to debate ideas for welfare reform before the Conservatives produced their manifesto for the next general election.
They were also joined by the deputy commander of Nato's Isaf mission in Afghanistan, Lt General Nick Carter, and from London by the Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans, Mark Francois.
In general I have worked with people who have a real commitment to their teaching and to the welfare of the young people at their schools.
But with another eye on the crucial general elections next year, he liberally raised public expenditure for the coming financial year (2013-14) on welfare schemes such as rural roads, employment guarantee and food security.
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