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Originally Posted by MaggieL
Yes, Yes, Yes, Maybe (although educating an adult idiot is a pretty futile endeavor; no matter how many social services functionaries it might employ as a side "benefit"; it's like trying to fill a leaky bucket. Not all uneducated adults are idiots, but those who aren't tend to self-identify)
Where were we? Ah...: No, No, Already answered under police protection, same answer.
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So this isn't a "don't tax me" rant, it's another typically conservative "I want to determine who gets taxed how much, and what the tax money should be used for" rant. Run for office, and stop bitching.
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Originally Posted by MaggieL
"...insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty" is in the constitution. "Promote the general welfare" doesn't mean a dole (now cleverly renamed to "welfare" in an attempt to make it look more like a proper function of government), nor is the right roll into somebody's town to convert the park to a soup kitchen one of "the blessings of liberty".
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Hopefully that was "ensure".
If promoting the general welfare isn't providing for those who can't provide for themselves, what is it? Notice I siad "can't", not "don't want to" or "choose not to".