Sunday, October 31, 2010
Implied Powers- Required or Excessive?
Throughout the history of the United States of America, the national government has gained more nad more "implied powers." now some people think that this is in exact contrast to the idea of "limited government," while others believe it is jsut necesary as time gois on and the world changes. both sides have their strong points. i personally believe that it is necesary to have these implied powers. There is no doubt that the people thatwrote the purposes and principles of our government were some of the most innovative and inteligent people of their time, if not of all time. Still, they could not think of every situation The United States would encounter, the world is completely different now than it was then. Not only throughout history, but also in the present day, i think there are many examples of implied powers that have been necesary or at least beneficial to the purposes and principles of government. the United States Postal Service is, inm my personal opinion, a fantastic example of this. The goal of creating a more perfect union was lived out by the creation of the United States Postal Service. in no document made when this country wasw founded, does it say the government is allowed to deliver letters and packages from citizen to citizen and charge fees for it as a service, but at the time of its instillment, there was no UPS or Federal Express- it did a world of good to connect the people of the United States. to levy taxes is an implied power, but without these taxes, we wouldnt have any medacare and hardly any infrastructure. This has been necesary for not only General Welfare, but the Common Defense, and much more- basically naything that the government does costs cmoney, money from taxes.
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I agree with you Will, while some may consider implied powers to be in direct contrast with the concept of limited government, the usefulness of implied powers greatly outweigh any possible negative aspects of interpreting various ways of being able to better use the powers that were granted to the national government in the Constitution.
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