Government fails promoting 'the General Welfare'

Letters to the Editor

I am complementing John McCallum on his superlative Write to the Point column, “Reflections on our American Values,” appearing in the Cheney Free Press of June 28, 2018. In particular, his quoting of the Preamble to the Constitution is the most important point of the piece.

The preamble is philosophy for how our country should perform. The Articles of the Constitution are the method of implementing the Founding Fathers philosophy.

Promoting the “General Welfare” is where we as a nation have failed miserably. The great disparity in wealth from our billionaires to those experiencing poverty comp...

 

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