Use the excerpt to answer the question.
“What is a power, but the ability or faculty of doing a thing? What is the ability to do a thing, but the power of employing the MEANS necessary to its execution? What is a LEGISLATIVE power, but a power of making LAWS? What are the MEANS to execute a LEGISLATIVE power but LAWS? What is the power of laying and collecting taxes, but a LEGISLATIVE POWER, or a power of MAKING LAWS, to lay and collect taxes? What are the proper means of executing such a power, but NECESSARY and PROPER laws?”
Which of the following best summarizes this quote from Federalist, no. 33?
(1 point)
Responses
a The elastic clause would create a tyrannical government and should not be part of the Constitution.
b Allowing for implied powers by adding the elastic clause could potentially take power away from the executive branch.
c Expressed powers are necessary for a government to function because Congress needs a certain amount of power.
d The elastic clause would not create a tyrannical government, but enable the government to perform basic functions crucial for its effectiveness.