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Tuesday, January 22, 2002 8:43 PM
Victimcomp Comments

This Victim compensation bill is in violation of the US Constitution. Article 1 Section 8 states that "The Congress shall have the Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States;..." Giving this money does not pay a debt, since the people receiving the money have not provide the US Government with a product or service, nor is it for the general welfare of the United States. Per the Webster Dictionary, general means "all," and since we all don't have access to the funds, the funds are not for the general welfare. It's really sad that we have a Congress that spends money based on emotion, vise what the US Constitution says.

Individual Comment
Boiling Springs, PA

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