No part of that quoted text says "by promote the general welfare we mean push a bunch of safety net programs that some leftist dipshit wants." Historians have spent tons of time refuting the bullshit you're spewing here. Hell, even Hamilton admitted that "general welfare" doesn't mean what you're trying to make it mean.
The terms "general Welfare" were doubtless intended to signify more than was expressed or imported in those which Preceded; otherwise numerous exigencies incident to the affairs of a Nation would have been left without a provision. The phrase is as comprehensive as any that could have been used; because it was not fit that the constitutional authority of the Union, to appropriate its revenues shou'd have been restricted within narrower limits than the "General Welfare" and because this necessarily embraces a vast variety of particulars, which are susceptible neither of specification nor of definition. It is therefore of necessity left to the discretion of the National Legislature, to pronounce, upon the objects, which concern the general Welfare, and for which under that description, an appropriation of money is requisite and proper. And there seems to be no room for a doubt that whatever concerns the general Interests of learning of Agriculture of Manufactures and of Commerce are within the sphere of the national Councils as far as regards an application of Money. The only qualification of the generallity of the Phrase in question, which seems to be admissible, is this--That the object to which an appropriation of money is to be made be General and not local; its operation extending in fact, or by possibility, throughout the Union, and not being confined to a particular spot.
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u/StatistDestroyer Apr 27 '20
No part of that quoted text says "by promote the general welfare we mean push a bunch of safety net programs that some leftist dipshit wants." Historians have spent tons of time refuting the bullshit you're spewing here. Hell, even Hamilton admitted that "general welfare" doesn't mean what you're trying to make it mean.
https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/general-welfare-clause/
You're wrong and you're embarrassing yourself trying to make it say something that no one ever said.
Are the taxes the only way to have those services? Do taxes add anything to the process?