Source: Town Hall
by Mark Lewis
“‘The government of the United States is a definite government, confined to specific objects. It is not like the state governments, whose powers are more general. Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government.’ … ‘I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents.’ Sadly, the answer to the question that is the title of this column is ‘no’, Americans no longer want a constitutional government (at least not our current Constitution), nor do we have such. The author of both the quotes above is James Madison, the man given most credit for writing America’s Constitution. If anyone should know what the Constitution means, it’s because he wrote it. Please note his words carefully: ‘Charity is no part of the legislative duty of government.'” (10/07/24)