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I have read the constitution. Even the Wikipedia article you link to questions how broadly the general welfare clause can be used. There is a whole bunch of cases where the commerce clause is used to create the authority for the feds to act. Why is the commerce clause so often latched onto? Because the other clauses are even more dicey in regards to their authority of what they can do.

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