A Nation in Debate: Thomas Jefferson vs. Alexander Hamilton

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[ToxicOdiousOne]

Alexander Hamilton wanted a centralized bank, i.e. the Federal Reserve. Ever since we've had recessions and depressions. It has caused all major economic woes.

[Saraiiwuzhere]

Mmm...I actually agree with Hamilton more, based on what I know from history. Jefferson was idealistic, however many of his ideas just wouldn't have worked. Hamilton, prick or not (no matter how much I love the guy, I have to admit that much), was a financial genius. Plus, the Articles of Confederation that Jefferson wanted to keep in effect kept the national government paralyzed and unable to raise revenue or deal with crises. Hamilton recognized the need for a stronger national government.

[OAOTV]

Fianancial bonds enduced by premature factors in the economy cause flauxes of revenue to be pushed threw the lower class, this causes an imbalance to the teytrotannicall diagram by robert s. ednoir, from this point, our economys contraction of debt in the "banker plan" format encourage more bonds by the federal government with forign liabilitys, this is not decay, as stated, repealing acts of centrallized power, and fractional reserve allow taxes to overpopulate the state = world peace -OAOTV-

[thegloriousryius]

@Nebularnemesis You are stupid. Period. Strong central government is key to taking away liberties. Anti-Federalists LIKE the Constitution because it LIMITS federal power. The Democrats are more likely federalists and Republicans are more likely anti-federalists, but that isn't always true. There are some that switch roles. When you have less of a central government, you have cultures ruling cultures instead of cultures dominating cultures. Federal power pushes its morals and will on others.

[augustuslxiii]

Trash cans as podiums? Our national debt is even worse than we feared.

[phantomsuccour]

I'm with Hamilton!

[tonyteb]

im with jefferson

[Willredd94]

@ToxicOdiousOne The Federal Reserve was actually originally decentralized and we've had a central bank for almost all of American history with the major exception of the late 1830s, when, as a result, the banking system collapsed and a panic immediately followed. The fed certainly needs to be reformed and and the banking system should return to Hamilton's version as it was for the first 30 years of american history.

[bishop679]

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[bretw]

@ToxicOdiousOne Really, buddy? It literally erased our war debts, gave us lasting economic prosperity and gave us international recognition. Under Hamilton's influence the Federal Reserve was perfectly managed (as any economic historian will tell you). Thanks for the knee-jerk reaction, though. That's clearly what we need.

[Austamala]

@ToxicOdiousOne that's not his fault. We people need to realize that we can't use views that don't fit the time. Hamilton's ideas were good ones back then but an awful idea today. we need different plans for different times in government.

[Wolfsbane909]

@bonfirejovi show me a system that is free from tyranny? Besides this is all ancient history anyways, there's a reason he was a founding father, also history, which can't really be changed.