General Welfare- The meaning of and historical meaning thereof:

Articles Of Confederation, Harvard Classics (1910), Vol.43, Pg.169

ARTICLE III. The said States hereby severally enter into a firm league offriendship with each other, for their common defence, the security of theirliberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assisteach other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, orany of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretencewhatever.

Articles Of Confederation, Harvard Classics (1910), Vol.43, Pg.171

ARTICLE VIII. All charges of war, and all other expenses that shall be incurredfor the common defence or general welfare, and allowed by the United Statesin Congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury, whichshall be supplied by the several States, in proportion to the value of allland within each State, granted to or surveyed for any person, as such landand the buildings and improvements thereon shall be estimated accordingto such mode as the United States in Congress assembled, shall from timeto time direct and appoint.

Articles Of Confederation, Harvard Classics (1910), Vol.43, Pg.174

The United States in Congress assembled shall never engage in a war, norgrant letters of marque and reprisal in time of peace, nor enter into anytreaties or alliances, nor coin money, nor regulate the value thereof, norascertain the sums and expenses necessary for the defence and welfare ofthe United States....

THE CONSTITUTION

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union,establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for common defence,promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselvesand our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the UnitedStates of America.

The Constitution, Article I, Section 8

Section 8. The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties,Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defenceand general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excisesshall be uniform throughout the United States....


Other historical writings show America was not conceived with the welfarestate in mind.

Benjamin Franklin, American Characteristics, America, Vol.4, Pg.70 - Pg.71

....every one will enjoy securely the profits of his industry. But if hedoes not bring a fortune with him, he must work and be industrious to live.One or two years' residence give him all the rights of a citizen; but theGovernment does not at present, whatever it may have done in former times,hire people to become settlers, by paying their passages, giving land, utensils,stock, or any other kind of emolument whatsoever. In short, America is theland of labor, and by no means what the English call Lubberland, and theFrench Pays de Cocagne, where the streets are said to be paved with half-peckloaves, the houses tiled with pancakes, and where the fowls fly about readyroasted, crying, "Come eat me!" . . .


Historical Almanac of the U.S. Senate, Pg.160

The United States was suffering a terrible depression in 1894, and morethan two million unemployed men wandered the countryside in search of work.The federal government disclaimed any responsibility for the unemployed,but the crisis was too severe for local governments and private charitiesto handle. In Ohio, affluent businessman Jacob Coxey proposed that the federalgovernment end the depression by putting unemployed men to work buildingpublic roads. Sympathetic congressmen introduced a "Good Roads bill,"but Congress refused to act.

George Bancroft, History of the United States, Vol.6, Pg.170

In the council of revision strong but not successful objections were raised.Livingston, the chancellor, set forth that a scarcity of money can be remediedonly by industry and economy, not by laws that foster idleness and dissipation;that the bill, under the appearance of relief, would add to the distressof the debtor; that it at the same instant solicited and destroyed credit;that it would cause the taxes and debts of the state to the United Statesto be paid in paper.

History of the American People, Vol.5, Pg.18 - Pg.20

....The country filled with vagrants, looking for pleasure and gratuitousfortune. Idleness bred want, as always, and the vagrants turned thievesor importunate beggars. The tasks of ordinary labor stood untouched; theidlers grew insolent, dangerous; nights went anxiously by, for fear of riotand incendiary fire. It was imperatively necessary that something shouldbe done, if only to bring order again and make the streets of the townsand the highways of the country-sides safe to those who went about theirtasks.

E. Benjamin Andrews on the Evils of Reconstruction, Great Epochs, Vol.9,Pg.68

In their days of serfdom the negroes' besetting sin had been thievery. Nowthat the opportunities for this were multiplied, the fear of punishmentgone, and many a carpet-bagger at hand to encourage it, the prevalence ofpublic and private stealing was not strange. Larceny was nearly universal,burglary painfully common. At night watch had to be kept over property withdogs and guns. It was part, or at least an effect, of the carpet-bag policyto aggravate race jealousies and sectional misunderstandings. The duello,still good form all over the South, induced disregard of law and of humanlife. . . .

Roosevelt, On American Motherhood, The World's Famous Orations, Vol.3, Pg.259

....such a creature merits contempt as hearty as any visited upon the soldierwho runs away in battle, or upon the man who refuses to work for the supportof those dependent upon him, and who tho able-bodied is yet content to eatin idleness the bread which others provide.

George Bancroft, History of the United States, Vol.1, Pg.96

After the long delayed departure of the ships, the first care of Smith wasto obtain supplies for the colony from the Indians. In the spring of 1610he introduced the culture of maize, which was taught by two savages, andthirty or forty acres were "digged and planted." Authority wasemployed to enforce industry; he who would not work might not eat, and sixhours in the day were spent in toil. The gentlemen learned the use of theaxe, and became excellent wood-cutters. Jamestown assumed the appearanceof a regular place of abode. It is worthy of remembrance that Smith proposedto plant a town near the falls of the river, where the city of Richmondnow stands. Eight months of good order under his rule gave to the colonya period of peace and industry; of order and health.

History of the American Nation, Vol.1, Pg.131

....Smith explored the harbors and rivers of Chesapeake bay... On his return,he was, for the first time, formally elected President of the Council. Industrywas now more wisely directed; but in the autumn came another company ofidle and useless emigrants. Smith, indignant that his efforts to improvethe colony should thus be frustrated, wrote to the council to send him buta few husbandmen and mechanics, and "diggers up of trees' roots,"rather than a thousand such men as had been sent. The complaint was just.During two years they had not brought under cultivation more than fortyacres of land, while the number of able-bodied men was more than two hundred.The energetic arm of Smith was soon felt. The first law he made and enforcedwas, that "He who would not work should not eat;" the second,that "Each man for six days in the week should work six hours eachday."

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Do you believe the founders of this nation had as its intent to form a GreatSociety based on a welfare state; where government would take from the producersand give a working man's fruits to the willfully unproductive? The LiberalDemocrats state that to provide for the general welfare means to do as theyhave been doing- along with buying votes with goods that are not their own!How many liberal ideas are expressed in the above documents of our forefathers?The way liberals act in Congress these days- if around during these periodsof time I just wonder if they would have called our forefathers: "bigots,hate mongers, mean spirited, anti-Semites" or whatever term is usedagainst those that oppose a communistic, socialistic, cradle to grave nannystate. People wake up learn your American heritage. We can once again havethe "land of the Pilgrim's pride". Our forefathers are cursedwhen we allow communistic and socialist anti-American trolls influence ourdestiny. This country was not built on liberal ideas and principles noris it founded on any Semite notion. It was founded on Anglo ideas! Pleasekeep and reread this document nightly until you fully appreciate the ideasand dreams it represents. As I submit this there are people actively engagedat turning our land of the "Pilgrim's pride" into just anotherthird world melting pot. See it and believe it!

Doc Tavish

Folks cherish the words of the slow talking Senator from the fine Stateof Texas, Phil Gramm who said: "By the turn of the century people willbe hunting liberals down with dogs." Nice thought from a distinguishedSouthern Gentleman.

Philadelphia MulticulturalExperiment
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Unwed Mother With 3 Kids Can Live On MinimumWage. Here's How.
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It's easier than you think, and millions do it everyday. Whites do it.Some African Americans do it. So, why don't all African Americans do it?You think they are lazy? Hey, I bet you have something there! ....

Urban America Foreseen In Old TestamentBook of Lamentations?
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Does this sound familiar? It was written 2,500 years ago, after the Jewswere forced into captivity in Babylon. It talks about the same crime wavewe have today....