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In response to "I think it was a line from the West Wing that said "if the gov't was solely in charge of curing polio, today we'd have a $3 million iron lung"" by Agent.Vermin

re: "throwing around taxpayer money" see US Constitution, Article 2, Section 8

Posted by znufrii Dec 8 '09, 12:26

"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"

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sorry, Article 1, not 2. -- nm - znufrii Dec 8, 12:31 5
- Fair point. - Agent.Vermin Dec 8, 12:44 4
  - doubtless. :) -- nm - znufrii Dec 8, 12:51 3
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      - Of *course* it is. How you define 'general welfare' depends solely on value judgements. -- nm - Agent.Vermin Dec 8, 12:59 1
        
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