Comment by dnautics
5 days ago
I mean they're on thin ice. I have no love for the trump administration, but It's not clear where the constitution authorizes congress to fund VoA or any government propaganda arm, really. You could equally make the argument "it took three generations to unpick and fix the FDR bullshit".
Seems like this would fall under the General Welfare clause. Certainly a lot clearer than the idea that growing your own feed for your livestock means you don’t buy feed on the open market which affects prices which means your feed growing qualifies as interstate commerce despite never leaving your land and can therefore be regulated by the federal government.
whataboutism. Both of those are bad.
You’re the one who brought up FDR, my dude. It’s not whataboutism to address a topic explicitly mentioned by the other party.
I personally don’t see the case for saying the Constitution doesn’t authorize government funded media under the General Welfare clause. I can see where there might be room for disagreement, but that clause is pretty broad. Whereas interstate commerce is a lot clearer, and the reasoning in Wickard v. Filburn is pretty transparent bullshit made to reach a desired conclusion. In terms of Congress exceeding its enumerated powers, the latter is vastly worse.
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> it took three generations to unpick and fix the FDR bullshit
The difference is that the New Deal is one of, like, 3 reasons the US isn't a complete shithole. Basically everything you like about the US can be traced back to the New Deal.
> Basically everything you like about the US can be traced back to the New Deal.
like, the fucked up "worst of both both worlds socialism and capitalism" employment-tied healthcare system we have, arguably the #1 biggest problem in contemporary us?
they dont teach history good in this country any more i guess
Tone doesnt come over well in text. What exactly is the "FDR Bullshit"?
establishing VOA (among other things)