What does the Constitution actually say?

Did you ever wonder where the U.S. Federal Government gets the authority to do many of the things that it does? Well, if that's your concern it's too late. That ship has sailed. Check out this list of items that are not in the Constitution.

From the U.S. Constitution Online:
"Things That Are Not In the U.S. Constitution"
http://www.usconstitution.net/constnot.html

I happen to think that government (at all levels, really) does much more than it is authorized to do. But the fact that we have trampled on the Constitution throughout our history as a country makes it very difficult to utilize the argument that the government is overstepping its bounds. That's just the way we do things, I guess.