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  @9CJ6CB6 from Virginia commented…1mo1MO

Yes, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be, not to mention that the implied powers, though abused a lot, grant the government the ability to take steps to allow them to make their current duties fulfilled, sometimes affording new ones for the sake of efficiency and security, because states either can’t handle it themselves, or would attack one another using those powers.

  @Patriot-#1776Constitution from Washington corrected…1mo1MO

There are no "implied powers." Show me anything in the Constitution you think "implies" additional powers and I'll prove you wrong.

  @9CJ6CB6 from Virginia commented…1mo1MO

Implied powers come from the Elastic Clause, which, by technicality, allows these implied powers to exist, and regardless, they’re extremely necessary for making sure the power of corporations and runaway market forces don’t become a problem.

  @Patriot-#1776Constitution from Washington commented…1mo1MO

The elastic clause is a myth

  @9CJ6CB6 from Virginia commented…1mo1MO

The elastic clause is agreed upon by interpretation, which by definition cannot be myth because it requires assumptions of the constitution to work that cannot be proven or disproven, so the assumption, if vague or uncertain enough, can lead to a wide range of outcomes. The outcomes of the elastic clause under current interpretation are that the implied powers are both necessary and proper to create the conditions necessary to carry out governmental duties. At this point, it’s a matter of preference and taste.

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