"The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare [emphasis mine] of the United States... " --US Constitution, Section VIII
The conservative, "narrow" constitutionalists of our day do not have a "lock" on the Constitution. It was meant to be a living, growing document. The provision for "general welfare" encompasses many things. In other words, sometimes the government helps those less off to promote everyone's "general welfare." Societal unrest destroys the general welfare.
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