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The Forgotten Debate: Madison vs. Hamilton on General Welfare

Writer: Jeff Kellick
Jeff Kellick
Oct 18, 2025
1 min read

Updated: May 1

From General Welfare to the Great Society - Ep. 01



Every modern debate about federal power — from Social Security and Medicare to student loan forgiveness and pandemic bailouts — traces back to a fight most Americans have never heard of. It wasn’t about guns or abortion or the culture wars. It was about a single phrase in Article I of the Constitution

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