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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (103127)	7/16/2007 1:50:21 AM
From: Peter O'Brien	Respond to of 173976

the preamble says "PROMOTE the general welfare". and, I seriously doubt that the word "welfare" they used at that time has today's common interpretation.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (103127)	7/16/2007 10:45:56 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 173976

President James Madison, the father of the Constitution, had the answer. He said: "Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government." Davey Crockett, as a member of Congress, said, "We have the right, as individuals, to give as much money as we please to charity, but as members of Congress, we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money."