Comment by dnautics
5 days ago
> You’re the one who brought up FDR, my dude
VOA was established by FDR?
> the General Welfare clause.
the general welfare clause is pretty clearly in the header of article 1 section 8, with the specific enumerated welfare provisions following it.
anything outside of those provisions (e.g. making a non-apporpotioned income tax, making a law that makes alcohol illegal, why not just have those be authorized as "general welfare"?) needs a Constitutional amendment otherwise its just congress creating a power for itself out of whole cloth.
look at this point the government pretty clearly breaks every other part of the Constitution except for the pomp and circumstances around the oath of office, so we know where the real priorities lie.
> VOA was established by FDR?
Are you serious? You mentioned FDR by name.
> You could equally make the argument "it took three generations to unpick and fix the FDR bullshit".
You made the comparison. I made my own comparison. Then you accused me of "whataboutism" for following your lead.
I don't have the energy for this bullshit.
read carefully.
"it took three generations to unpick and fix the FDR bullshit [establishing VOA]".
Ah, so "the FDR bullshit" was specifically about VOA. That was not clear. I thought it was a reference to New Deal policies more broadly. Write more carefully.
Actually, in your reply in the other subtree, you added "(among other things)" so it appears I understood it correctly the first time, and it was a reference to New Deal policies more broadly.
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