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The Five Powers of Congress

To provide common defense and general warfare.

To help out the common defense and helping pay for the military war.

About 500 people die in war all over the the world so 185,000 die in each year.

To borrow money from other countries. EX: USA owes China 3 trillion dollars

A power that congress has is that they can pay debts to other states and countries so they won't have alot of debt to pay so we won't get bankrupt.

In 2011, a United States senator earned $174,000 per year.

If we keep borrowing money from other countries, it will be good for us to buy stuff but it will be bad for us because if it keeps building up then we might go bankrupt for trying to give all that money to those countries.

One of the powers of congress that is important is

to coin money.

To collect and lay taxes.

Coining money is very illegal if its done by anybody except for congress.

To collect money from other people.

(borrowing)

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