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?
Expressed powers are necessary for a government to function because Congress needs a certain amount of power.
The elastic clause would create a tyrannical government and should not be part of the Constitution.
The elastic clause would not create a tyrannical government, but enable the government to perform basic functions crucial for its effectiveness.
Allowing for implied powers by adding the elastic clause could potentially take power away from the executive branch.