08-16-2015, 04:10 PM
(08-16-2015, 03:53 PM)jakefromstatefarm Wrote: Even though the SCOTUS was stupid enough to interpret that "promoting the general welfare" meant handing out free shit until the end of time, if you read the writings of any of the FF you will see that it was clearly not what they were referring to at all.
Not really saying that the welfare programs in their current state were what was intended, but it is fairly obvious that the intention was there to insure the general welfare in some way. Reform is a better option then just cutting funds. But the farce of these programs being the problem with our budget is well entrenched with the GOP.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
