Judge Andrew P. Napolitano: Biden wants largest peacetime transfer of wealth ever – that's unconstitutional
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Earlier this week, President Biden asked Congress to raise taxes and increase borrowing so his administration can spend $2.3 trillion for thousands of projects he calls "infrastructure."
Under the Constitution, can the feds borrow as much as they want and can they spend it on anything they want? Here is the backstory. When James Madison and his colleagues wrote the Constitution, they addressed the problem of debt. They knew governments borrow vast amounts of money to address emergencies, usually wars -- as the 13 colonies had just done. When Madison and his colleagues were deciding upon the powers of the new federal government, they included the power to borrow money but excluded the power to create and operate a bank.More Related News
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