Enumerated Powers

Explain, please, where in ANY of the Powers Enumerated in Article I Section 8 people find a Power delegated to the Legislative Branch to take the fruits of my labor and deliver it (other than as wages for fairly contracted services) to other citizens? (And if you're STUPID enough to mistake the phrase "general welfare of the United States" for "welfare programs benefiting individuals", then PLEASE do us ALL the favor of keeping your abysmal illiteracy to yourself ...):
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; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;
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To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
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To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;
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To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;
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To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;
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To establish Post Offices and post Roads;
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To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
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To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;
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To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;
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To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
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To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
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To provide and maintain a Navy; To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;
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To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
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To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;
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To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings
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;—And
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To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
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addendum by me

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Here's the way I see it...each amendment takes precedence
over every amendment before it and the body of the constitution.
For example..the tenth amendment modifies the commerce clause.
It should be understood as.
To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States,
and with the Indian Tribes;"
insofar that
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution,
nor prohibited by it to the States,
are reserved to the States respectively,
or to the people.
So that means they can 'regulate'
At the time the meaning of that word meant,
to make sure it operates smoothly
(like Exlax..to be regular)
...no interference...no bottle necks.
Obviously the DOT, the FCC, the EPA,
and all the other alphabet agencies that take it upon themselves
make laws impeding commerce and are doing the exact opposite.
They are making commerce MUCH more difficult
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(yeah...but)
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The same would apply to the 'supremacy clause'
in other words Federal Law should be supreme if and only if it is constitutional.

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That, however is theoretical
The reality is
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence — it is force.
Like fire it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master;
never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.
and
A government that is powerful enough to give you everything you want
is also powerful enough to take everything you have,
including your life.
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in other words...it's all pretty wurds.
When push comes to shove.
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Might Makes Right
just like it always has
you can't fight city hall
if you try
they kill you.
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That's why the second amendment is so important
Make them think about it first.


perhaps they'll have second thoughts