The Constitution simply does not authorize the federal government to own any of this land.
Andrew NapolitanoThe other General Welfare Clause is in the first of the authorities given to the Congress and it's not a grant, it's a restriction. By which I mean it doesn't say Congress can legislate for the general welfare, it means that everything Congress must do has to enhance the general welfare of the United States of America. It can't grant things to individuals, it can only legislate for the government.
Andrew NapolitanoThe redistribution of wealth creates dependence on the people to whom it is redistributed, it doesn't incentivize them to create their own wealth.
Andrew NapolitanoWhat is it about the government and its agents and employees that they can lie to us with impunity, but we risk being sent to jail if we lie to them?
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