The government is not suppose to provide for the general welfare, it is suppose to promote the general welfare. There is a big dfference.
Social Policy
they make sure that their people are happy and have a good future. they would also want the citizens to get along well with each other.
federal government
General welfare policies are government policies that affect the general welfare of citizens. This includes things such as health and safety.
The phrase 'to promote general welfare' means to do things that would improve the health, prosperity, or well-being of the person. The phrase is located in the Preamble to the Constitution.
Examples of promoting the general welfare are promoting security, food and drug laws, protection of the people (policemen, firemen, etc.), and overall healthy living.
A welfare reform is a movement to change the federal government's social welfare policy which shifts responsibility to the states and cut benefits.
Through federal government and enacted on by local government
The New Deal sought to create federal government programs to improve the welfare of the American republic.
"promote the general welfare" -novanet
Animal welfare is the responsibility of the state government. However as the federal government must have responsibility in the case of live export.
It is important because they used it to create a government to protect their rights and their welfare.