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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Depends on interpretation - the Constitution does state that it is the responsibility of the federal government to provide for the general welfare of its citizens, which is a pretty broad mandate - stated not once but twice, in the Preamble and Article I Section 8. That's an interpretation that's held up many times in the US Supreme Court on many matters.[/quote]

Well, good luck with micromanaging the schools using the interpretation of "general welfare".  Many students have not had their "general welfare" improved by the superior federal way---in fact their "general welfare" has been made worse.  [b]There is a reason that we have federalism.[/b]  The "general welfare" interpretation could be so broad as to render the whole idea of federalism meaningless.  I am a liberal Democrat and even I think the federal government is overreaching on this.  We are soon going to have two groups of people (it's already happening).  Those who can move to the high price neighborhoods where the fed mandates can be ignored and those who are dependent on the fed for their "general welfare". [/quote]

Yes, the reason we have federalism is that a bunch of white men, almost all of whom were wealthy, many of whom owned slaves, thought it was a good idea in 1787 to set the US government up that way. They may have been correct -- but that's not the reason we have federalism.[/quote]

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