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  1. oldlegodad

    oldlegodadGenius_badge said, 4 months ago

    EXactly??

  2. fennec

    fennec said, 4 months ago

    Oldie, we can’t talk. We’re in fat city when it comes to health coverage.

  3. nomad2112

    nomad2112 said, 4 months ago

    Good thing the elephant has a long memory.

  4. dtroutma

    dtroutma said, 4 months ago

    Nomad, they never forget to shake their heads no. I have a joke for that, but can’t put it here.

  5. nomad2112

    nomad2112 said, 4 months ago

    When it comes to needlessly expanding government way beyond that the constitution allows NO is the right answer.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeYscnFpEyA&feature=PlayList&p=47EB87BDE2C99FE6&index=1

  6. pbarnrob

    pbarnrob said, 4 months ago

    Just heard a story (from our traveling teacher/storyteller friend from Tinian) about Chinese medicine, back to about 3000-4000BC; the village doctor got paid as long as you were well. It was a tiny stipend, from everybody in the village. When you got sick, your payment stopped until you were well again.

    Does that strike you as an incentive?

  7. Anthony 2816

    Anthony 2816Genius_badge said, 4 months ago

    Nomad, I didn’t watch the video, but doesn’t “promote the general welfare” enter into it?

  8. RussellNash

    RussellNash said, 4 months ago

    Nomad, I’ve had this argument with ANandy already. The Constitution doesn’t put any limits on the size of the government. Therefore no one ever has or ever will expand it past what the Constitution allows. It’s impossible. You could make government expenditures 5000% of GDP and it would be OK according to the Constitution.

  9. tpenna

    tpennaGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    US v. Butler (1936) says: “[T]he power of Congress to authorize expenditure of public moneys for public purposes is not limited by the direct grants of legislative power found in the Constitution.”

    ANandy and I have already had this argument over the General Welfare Clause. I already won it.

  10. benbrilling

    benbrillingGenius_badge said, 3 months ago

    I’ve been waiting since I was 3 years old and now I don’t need it because I’m eligible for Medicare. I hope my daughter fares better.