“For all the alleged Constitutional adherents, originalists, and devotees in the conservative movement, particularly the Republican corporatist movement, there is an abundance of ignorance about a very important responsibility of the federal government. In particular, is the reference in the Preamble to the Constitution as well as Article I, Section 8 that both feature the duty to “provide for the general welfare of the United States.” Now, every Republican, teabagger, and related conservative is under the illusion that providing for the general welfare means providing for the fossil fuel industry, corporations, the wealthy, Christian clergy, and financial sector’s general welfare, but that is not what the Founding Fathers or the first four American presidents believed; neither does President Barack Obama. Obviously, providing for the general welfare would certainly including the government doing what it could to protect the people from preventable sickness, disease, and infirmity, maintain worker productivity, and save unnecessary expense for the government and the people. Unfortunately, there has been precious little legislation aimed at providing for the people’s general welfare since 1981, or during any Republican pretense of governance because they hate the people. However, they have provided every and anything for the general welfare of corporations and business; it is just where Republicans’ loyalty and duty to repay campaign donations lie.” ~~Via Occupy Health Care
Posted on: Mon, 01 Dec 2014 06:58:15 +0000
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