Unconstitutionality

Ann Coulter, the favorite horse-faced debutante of the conservative movement, is at it again.  Among the many completely crazy and inane things she says in this video, the real gem comes 2:28 in when Coulter drops this line:

"Where in the Constitution does it say the United States Congress can fund things to help culture and education?  It's unconstitutional."

First, keep in mind that Coulter has a JD from the University of Michigan Law School.  As an attorney, she is supposed to have some idea what the Constitution says and what it means.  Now, let's think about that statement of hers for a moment.  She seems to be suggesting that anything not specifically listed in the Constitution is inherently out of bounds for our elected leaders.

You don't even have to read the whole damn Constitution to see how wrong Coulter is.  In fact, you only have to read the preamble, which a majority of 6th graders could probably recite for you:

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, 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.

The Constitution was designed in such a way as to provide a HUGE amount of flexibility for the duly elected representatives of the people to craft policies to meet the needs of the public.  If a majority of the people's representatives decide that the general welfare is best promoted by helping culture and education, then yes, it is ABSOLUTELY Constitutional.