If one simply compares what the Constitution authorizes the government to do with what it currently does, it is obvious that the government hardly follows its own Constitution at all. For if the government did follow its own Constitution—
There would be no Social Security.
There would be no food stamps.
There would be no Medicare.
There would be no Medicaid.
There would be no Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
There would be no student loans.
There would be no Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).
There would be no Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
There would be no AMTRAK.
There would be no Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
There would be no Department of Agriculture.
There would be no Head Start.
There would be no federal prohibition on organ sales.
There would be no National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
There would be no National School Lunch Program (NSLP).
There would be no Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).
There would be no Pell Grants.
There would be no refugee assistance programs.
There would be no block grants to the states.
There would be no Department of Health and Human Services.
There would be no federal job training programs.
There would be no federal family planning programs.
There would be no Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF).
There would be no Small Business Administration (SBA).
There would be no AmeriCorps.
There would be no National Flood Insurance program.
There would be no Department of Labor.
There would be no federal war on drugs.
There would be no Federal Housing Administration (FHA).
There would be no National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
There would be no farm subsidies.
There would be no school breakfast programs.
There would be no U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
There would be no federal anti-discrimination laws.
There would be no Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
There would be no Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).
There would be no Export-Import Bank.
There would be no Minority Business Development Agency.
There would be no Department of Education.
There would be no federal adoption assistance programs.
There would be no refundable tax credits.
There would be no Supplemental Security Income (SSI).
There would be no Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC).
There would be no Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).
There would be no Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program.
There would be no Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
There would be no Department of Housing and Urban Development.
There would be no Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae).
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac).
There would be no Department of Energy.
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