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Congress has power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises to pay debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States




Arguments

If it is true that...

All bills for raising revenue originate in the House of Representatives

and

Every bill passed by the house of representatives and senate must be presented to the president before it becomes law

Then it must be true that...

Congress has power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises to pay debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States


Consequences

If it is true that...

Congress has power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises to pay debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States

Then it must be true that...

Congress has power to borrow money on the credit of the United States

If it is true that...

Congress has power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises to pay debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States

Then it must be true that...

Congress has power to establish uniform rules of naturalization and uniform laws on bankruptcies throughout the United States

If it is true that...

Congress has power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises to pay debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States

Then it must be true that...

Congress has power to establish post offices and post roads

If it is true that...

Congress has power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises to pay debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States

Then it must be true that...

Congress has power to coin money, regulate its value, and fix the standard of weights and measures

If it is true that...

Congress has power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises to pay debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States

Then it must be true that...

Congress has power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, among the several states, and with Indian tribes

If it is true that...

Congress has power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises to pay debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States

and

Congress has power to declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water

Then it must be true that...

Congress has power to raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money for that use shall be for a longer term than two years

If it is true that...

Congress has power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises to pay debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States

Then it must be true that...

Congress has power to provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States

If it is true that...

Congress has power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises to pay debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States

and

Congress has power to promote science and useful arts by securing authors' and inventors' exclusive rights to their writings and discoveries for limited times

Then it must be true that...

Congress has power to define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offenses against the law of nations