Indeed, for Whigs the concept of government promoting the general welfare went beyond the economy.

的确，对于辉格党人来说，政府促进大众福利的设想超出了经济范畴。

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As powerful individuals vied for influence and dominance at court, the general welfare was often sacrificed to private rivalries and ambitions.

在权贵于法庭之上为影响力和主导权而斗争时，他们的私人恩怨和纷争往往会给公众福利带来损失。

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Others argue that the surest indicator of a great nation is, in fact, the general welfare of all its people.

另外一些人认为判断一个国家是否伟大其实要看全体人民普遍的幸福度。

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You can pick out words that are identical. The purpose of the law is to "establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty."

你可以找出完全相同的话，法律的目的是,“树立正义，保障国内的安宁，建立共同的国防,增进全民福利和确保我们自己及我们後代,能安享自由带来的幸福“

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It's saying everybody has to be counted as an equal even though at the end of the day, one can be sacrificed for the general welfare.

基本观点是，众生皆平等,虽然不得已之时，为了大众的福祉，个体还是可以被牺牲的。

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That would be funding a general welfare program with a tax on a specific class of people.

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Some might reply that the General Welfare clause in our founding document enumerates this power, but such a response would be false.

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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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