The Road to Positive Liberty
Does the state have a duty to provide resources for individual capability?Let’s set the stage with some background.June 21, 1788. New Hampshire ratified the US Constitution. With New Hampshire’s ratification, the Constitution became legal. The Constitution included this verbiage in the Preamble: We the People of the United States, in Order to…promote the general Welfare…do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.The writers expanded the thought in Article 1, Section 8:The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes…to…provide for the…general Welfare of…
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