My irony meter just jumped up its own ass.

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

"Reserved" in this context means "exclusive."

That is the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution. It is the Supreme Law of the Land. It supersedes all Acts of Congress, all orders of the president, all rulings of the Supreme Court (or any other court), all acts of any legislature, governor or state court, and all acts, orders or rulings of any other government or official in the United States without exception.

It has exactly the same force of law as the First Amendment, the Fourth Amendment, the Fifth Amendment and the articles of the Constitution that established Congress, the presidency and the Supreme Court.

Because the Constitution does not authorize Congress to spend taxpayer money on some guy's Internet bill, the Tenth Amendment makes it illegal for Congress to do so, regardless of its justifications. That's the law. The end.

In the free market the lab grown meat won't be accurately labeled. Then it will be declared a success because the free market "chose" it. Then real meat will be banned along with everything grown to feed it.

Before long you'll need permission to eat. Then prices will skyrocket. See "tobacco industry" as an example.

Every time you say "slippery slope," I will say "tobacco industry." Every time you say "conspiracy theory" I'll say "Mueller investigation."

Drive from L.A. to Salt Lake City sometime. It's about eight hours of fences, cows, grass and occasionally a car going the other way.

If ten percent of that land were converted to ranches, we could raise herds of beef visible from orbit and it would have zilch effect on the environment.

See "Buffalo" for an historical example.

Yo Kinglover wiseass, let's examine those clauses, shall we?

"General welfare" means everyone, not "some random guy with an unpaid Internet bill."

That is part of Congress' authority to establish intellectual property laws. Has zero to do with paying some random guy's Internet bill.

The key words in that clause are "the foregoing powers" meaning the powers enumerated in Article I, none of which are "pay some random guy's Internet bill."

That about cover it?

Yeah! I was especially interested in the lines between the Eighth Amendment and the 11th Amendment. Pretty interesting stuff. I liked the part where it said the federal government is forbidden by law from doing anything that isn't explicitly authorized by the Constitution.

Didn't see where "pay some guy's Internet bill" was mentioned, but maybe that was a typo.

Look at all the people running to their keyboards to defend a government with unlimited power! Just imagine if Congress passed prima nocta and lined up to plow every new bride on her wedding night!

Oh I'm sorry, you didn't think through the "unlimited power" thing, did you? I'm not surprised at all. It's probably why you're so confused as to why we're $30 trillion in debt too.

Here comes the guy who thinks James Madison wrote:

1. Congress may only do these things.
2. Congress can do anything.

and that 13 angry and suspicious states ratified it.

Of course, he never fails to call someone else a dumbshit.

Congress is not a parliamentary body. They are constrained by the Constitution with enumerated powers, none of which are "pay this guy's Internet bill."

I've been programming computers for 48 years.

Once you know how to fly, it doesn't make any difference what kind of plane they give you.

Where does Congress get the legal authority to give money to the FCC to pay for individual Internet access?

We couldn't find a way to buy it from China and sell it to high-maintenance suburban moms.

It's a plumbing upgrade alright.

"Hey boss, didn't our grandfathers solve this problem back in the 20th century?"

"You're not being much of a team player there, Timmy. You know the holidays are coming up and there's nothing that gets us moist like Christmas layoffs."

Dunning-Kruger is made-up Internet bullshit.

"Everyone's dumb except me." -- the least self-aware meme in human history. The irony could split atoms.

Then let us all throw up our hands and surrender. We have reached the pinnacle of human achievement.

Let's see if your goddamn phone can guide us through a world with six billion unemployed hungry people.