US Constitution: Charity Shmarity

Here's what the "Federalist Patriot" -- the "conservative e-journal of record" -- had to say today about Katrina relief:
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"I cannot find any authority in the Constitution for public charity. [To approve such spending] would be contrary to the letter and the spirit of the Constitution and subversive to the whole theory upon which the Union of these States is founded." —President Franklin Pierce
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Pierce, let's see... which one was he? Oh yeah, President I-Suck-But-At-Least-I'm-Not-James-Buchanan.