Quote Originally Posted by Ridge View Post
The constitution also says the government is to provide for the general welfare of it's people.
Section 8 of the Constitution does state "provide for the common defence and general welfare of the US..". However, it lists very specific items that (at least in my opinion) that address the general welfare items; and health insurance is not included. But then again, nor is there anything about Fannie, Freddie, Fed Reserve, DOE, etc, etc, etc. We as a nation, past and present, have allowed the Federal government to grow/expand into areas never even considered by the founding fathers. The progressive genie has been out of the bottle for some time, and its damn hard to put him back after 100+ years.

Out of my own ignorance, was the fight over Social Security as fervent then as the fight over ACA now? What about the Medicare/Medicaid acts?