As Long as the Wording is as it is, We Should Live by it

   We can lament that the founding fathers put it in the Constitution, we can wince that the language is so broad and vague, but it remains that Article 8 grants the government power to provide for the general welfare.
   "General welfare" is about as broad and vague a term as there could be. Still, it is the wording that is given, and if we are to live by the Constitution, we must accept that wording, and all that it means.
   "General welfare" leaves the federal government open for providing national parks, for they can be for the general welfare. It leaves open the government to be involved in health care, for that, surely, involves the general welfare.
   Alas, "general welfare" leaves the federal government open to do just about anything it wants.
   If we are to accept the 10th Amendment, which says all powers not given to the federal government are reserved to the states, we must also accept Article 8, complete with all its broad powers. If we do not like the wording of our Constitution, if we feel it should be more limiting, then we must amend it. But, as long as the wording is as it is, we should live by it.