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Section 8 - Powers of Congress
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
To borrow money on the credit of the United States;
To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;
To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;
To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;
To establish Post Offices and Post Roads;
To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;
To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offenses against the Law of Nations;
To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
To provide and maintain a Navy;
To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;
To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;
To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings; And
To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
But where does it specifically state that Congress can take money from the people and use it to bail out corporations and financial institutions which are private entities?
The commerce clause, general welfare clause, and the necessary and proper clause.
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Edited for: At some point, you may find yourself relaxing a bit because there is no violation of the 10th Amendment. This may be followed by the feeling that you are being molested at a whole different level.
Last edited by Pandamonium; 09-17-2009 at 11:22 AM..
But where does it specifically state that Congress can take money from the people and use it to bail out corporations and financial institutions which are private entities?
The Constitution permits everything except that which is specifically and constitutionally prohibited. That, as I recall, is the difference between Common Code and Napoleonic Code.
The government can do whatever it wants, subject to challenge if the action is found to be in violation of a specific constitutional restriction. Income tax is provided for in the XVI Amendment. The government can raise as much revenue as it likes, and spend it as it pleases, unless the Constitution specifically prohibits such expenditure.
So, whre does it say they CAN'T do what you described?
The Constitution permits everything except that which is specifically and constitutionally prohibited. That, as I recall, is the difference between Common Code and Napoleonic Code.
The government can do whatever it wants, subject to challenge if the action is found to be in violation of a specific constitutional restriction. Income tax is provided for in the XVI Amendment. The government can raise as much revenue as it likes, and spend it as it pleases, unless the Constitution specifically prohibits such expenditure.
So, whre does it say they CAN'T do what you described?
The government can do whatever it wants? Yep sounds like "might makes right" to me. And you wonder why I reject it and deny it's moral justification over me. I encourage all who don't want to be slaves to to so as well. But I guess slavery suits some people.
Pandemonium, you asked me in an earlier post to be precise. Now I ask you the same. Where precisely does it state that money can be taken from the working class and given to private banks and corporations?
The commerce clause, general welfare clause, and the necessary and proper clause.
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Edited for: At some point, you may find yourself relaxing a bit because there is no violation of the 10th Amendment. This may be followed by the feeling that you are being molested at a whole different level.
?????? Pandy, are you playing with me?
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