... is because they don't know what they're doing. In a town hall meeting, Rep. Tim Bishop (New York) made the statement to the attendees that "the purpose of the Constitution is to provide for the common good."
No, it's not.
The Constitution says, in part, "provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty for ourselves and our Posterity."
Fortunately, the people there called him on that, and on much more. You can find the video (didn't you know there'd be video?) at Pundit & Pundette.
h/t Pundette
Psalm 22:27-28: “All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. For the kingdom is the Lord's, and he ruleth among the nations.”
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Oh, how many times has "promote the general Welfare" been used to mean "government handouts are Constitutional?"
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means..."
Exactly right - and it doesn't. It has taken far too long for the sleeping giant to reawaken. But that's finally happened.
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