The Role of Government

We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

"promote the general welfare"

When the economy fails to perform to our expectations, we are right to hold government responsible. When the economy fails to perform for 40 years or more, we are right to be angry.

But this does not mean that government spending is the problem.