Comments on: Civics on Saturday: The Constitution, Part I - The Preamble http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/2007/09/22/civics-on-saturday-the-constitution-part-i-the-preamble/ Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:57:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: twoblueday http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/2007/09/22/civics-on-saturday-the-constitution-part-i-the-preamble/#comment-5259 twoblueday Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:32:04 +0000 http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/2007/09/22/civics-on-saturday-the-constitution-part-i-the-preamble/#comment-5259 "Promote the general welfare . . . " Too bad this phrase never appears in the speeches or programs of those who wail about government "handouts" (except those to the rich; or those they like--such as home mortgage deductions, farm subsidies, etc.), like "socialized" medicine, etc. It does not appear to me, and never has, that this country was designed to let the less-well-off suffer. Putting the insurance industry ahead of sick people finds little support in the Constitution either. “Promote the general welfare . . . ”

Too bad this phrase never appears in the speeches or programs of those who wail about government “handouts” (except those to the rich; or those they like–such as home mortgage deductions, farm subsidies, etc.), like “socialized” medicine, etc. It does not appear to me, and never has, that this country was designed to let the less-well-off suffer. Putting the insurance industry ahead of sick people finds little support in the Constitution either.

]]> By: Chatty http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/2007/09/22/civics-on-saturday-the-constitution-part-i-the-preamble/#comment-5201 Chatty Sun, 23 Sep 2007 01:09:26 +0000 http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/2007/09/22/civics-on-saturday-the-constitution-part-i-the-preamble/#comment-5201 It's how I learned it. I still sing it and always did when I taught the 8th grade. Grammar Rock? Live by it! LOL It’s how I learned it. I still sing it and always did when I taught the 8th grade. Grammar Rock? Live by it! LOL

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