re: #296 NelsFree

I’ll go ahead and respond to that dangling pilpul. One of the basic concepts of this country, as embodied in the Preamble, is to “provide for the common good”. You can quibble about what that means, but it is a flat out “socialistic” statement inserted by the founders with their eyes wide open.

The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States of America:
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence,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”

You have misquoted the Preamble. Shame on you. Your argument withers on the Vine of Wrong Quotes.

Here’s the document, again. Take closer look at it. Do you think there is a difference between “welfare” and “good’?

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, 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.

Or do you think that that means that the country should provide “welfare” to the general population based on “strict interpretation”?

It’s a slippery slope!