The Constitutional Mandate For A Public Option

WeDidIt

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Fri Aug-07-09 11:41 AM
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The Constitutional Mandate For A Public Option

Right there in the very first sentence...

We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Emphasis mine.

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DURHAM D

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Fri Aug-07-09 11:43 AM
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1. I always thought promote the general welfare -

meant that they needed to stop dumping sewage in the streets.

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jwirr

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Fri Aug-07-09 11:50 AM
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2. That to. After all sewage in the streets was a big health risk.

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ret5hd

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Fri Aug-07-09 11:51 AM
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3. And that's where it stops, huh?. "It" being general welfare.

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DURHAM D

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Fri Aug-07-09 02:02 PM
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4. Yep - that's where it stops because that is how stupid I really am. nt

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