a great defense of infrastructure spending

[DiamondDave]

Alexander Hamilton's Advice To The Obama Administration | Common Dreams




"To be enabled to contend with success, it is evident, that the interference and aid of their own government are indispensable."

this piece is very informative

Commie Dream.. LOL

Yes.. YOU would think that to be 'informative'... non-wingers would tend to find it completely idiotic and worthless.. much like they find you

 

[DiamondDave]

Another cherry picked 18th century statement? Did Media Matters just hit the history books? We have infrastructure repair going on. Traffic on a 81 underpass nearby has been stopped off and on for 3 years. The problem is that you can't grow the economy by creating jobs paid by taxpayers.

Yes you can!

Years ago, I worked on a DOE project and I had a job for 4 years. That's 4 years of collecting paychecks and spending paychecks to everything from rent, food, clothing, gas, entertainment, etc. How is that not growing the economy?

By draining it from the economy and losing much in the middle with red tape etc...

Government taxation and spending is a DRAIN, not a boost to the economy

 

[Truthmatters]

Here is Hamilton ont the question of taxes and general welfare clause

It kills most con bullshit on the issue






A question has been made concerning the constitutional right of the Government of the United States to apply this species of encouragement; but there is certainty no good foundation for such a question. The National Legislature has express authority "to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts, and provide for the common defense and general welfare," with no other qualifications than that "all duties, imposts and excises, shall be uniform throughout the United States; and that no capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to numbers, ascertained by a census or enumeration, taken on the principles prescribed in the constitution," and that "no tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any State."

These three qualifications excepted, the power to raise money is plenary and indefinite, and the objects to which it may be appropriated, are no less comprehensive thin the payment of the public debts, and the providing for the common defense and general welfare. The terms "general welfare" were doubtless intended to signify more than was expressed or imported in those which preceded; otherwise, numerous exigencies incident to the affairs of a nation would have been left without a provision. The phrase is as comprehensive as any that could have been used; because it was not fit that the constitutional authority of the Union to appropriate its revenues should have been restricted within narrower limits than the "general welfare;" and because this necessarily embraces a vast variety of particulars, which are susceptible neither of specification nor of definition.

It is, therefore, of necessity, left to the discretion of the National Legislature to pronounce upon the objects which concern the general welfare, and for which, under that description, an appropriation of money is requisite and proper. And there seems to be no room for a doubt, that whatever concerns the general interests of learning, of agriculture, of manufactures, and of commerce, are within the sphere of the national councils, as far as regards an application of money

 

[Yurt]

Jefferson later admitted hamilton was correct

about what and please provide a cite to back up your assertion.

.

 

[Truthmatters]

American President: Biography of Thomas Jefferson


Doubling the Nation's Size: The Louisiana Purchase

When Jefferson learned that Spain had secretly ceded Louisiana to France in 1800, he instructed his ministers to negotiate the purchase of the port of New Orleans and possibly West Florida. Jefferson strategically made this move in order to insure that American farmers in the Ohio River Valley had access to the Gulf of Mexico via the Mississippi River—the river was a key to the farmers' economic well-being, as they needed a vent for their surplus grain and meat. Even before the French took over Louisiana, the Spaniards had closed the Mississippi River in 1802. While Jefferson was known to be partial to the French, having the Emperor Napoleon's driving interests for world domination next door was not an attractive prospect; thus, Jefferson acted swiftly.

To his surprise, Napoleon, needing funds to finance a new European war with England, offered to sell Jefferson most of the land from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. His price of $15 million amounted to approximately four cents per acre for 828,000 square miles, doubling the size of the nation. Although Jefferson understood that the U.S. Constitution said nothing about the purchase of foreign territory, he set aside his strict constructionist ideals to make the deal—Congress approved the purchase five months after the fact. Jefferson then outfitted a twenty-five man expedition to explore the new lands. Led by his secretary, Meriwether Lewis, and Army Captain William Clark, these adventurers took two and one-half years to cover 8,000 miles. They traveled up the Missouri River, across the Continental Divide, and down the Columbia River to the Pacific before retracing their steps to St. Louis. The expedition is considered one of the great exploratory quests in human history.

 

[Spoonman]

Here is Hamilton ont the question of taxes and general welfare clause

It kills most con bullshit on the issue






A question has been made concerning the constitutional right of the Government of the United States to apply this species of encouragement; but there is certainty no good foundation for such a question. The National Legislature has express authority "to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts, and provide for the common defense and general welfare," with no other qualifications than that "all duties, imposts and excises, shall be uniform throughout the United States; and that no capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to numbers, ascertained by a census or enumeration, taken on the principles prescribed in the constitution," and that "no tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any State."

These three qualifications excepted, the power to raise money is plenary and indefinite, and the objects to which it may be appropriated, are no less comprehensive thin the payment of the public debts, and the providing for the common defense and general welfare. The terms "general welfare" were doubtless intended to signify more than was expressed or imported in those which preceded; otherwise, numerous exigencies incident to the affairs of a nation would have been left without a provision. The phrase is as comprehensive as any that could have been used; because it was not fit that the constitutional authority of the Union to appropriate its revenues should have been restricted within narrower limits than the "general welfare;" and because this necessarily embraces a vast variety of particulars, which are susceptible neither of specification nor of definition.

It is, therefore, of necessity, left to the discretion of the National Legislature to pronounce upon the objects which concern the general welfare, and for which, under that description, an appropriation of money is requisite and proper. And there seems to be no room for a doubt, that whatever concerns the general interests of learning, of agriculture, of manufactures, and of commerce, are within the sphere of the national councils, as far as regards an application of money

both jefferson and hamilton also supported the 2nd amendment and uninfringed gun rights

 

[Truthmatters]

National Road - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

National Road



The Cumberland Road (National Road) was the first major improved highway in the United States to be built by the federal government. The approximately 620-mile (1,000 km) long National Road provided a connection between the Potomac and Ohio Rivers and a gateway to the West for thousands of settlers. When rebuilt in the 1830s, the Cumberland Road became the first road in the U.S. to use the new macadam road surfacing.[1]

Construction began heading west in 1811 at Cumberland, Maryland, on the Potomac River. It crossed the Allegheny Mountains and southwestern Pennsylvania, reaching Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia), on the Ohio River in 1818. Plans were made to continue through St. Louis, at confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, and to Jefferson City upstream on the Missouri. Following the panic of 1837, however, funding ran dry and construction was stopped at Vandalia, Illinois, after crossing the states of Ohio and Indiana.

 

[Truthmatters]

Here is Hamilton ont the question of taxes and general welfare clause

It kills most con bullshit on the issue






A question has been made concerning the constitutional right of the Government of the United States to apply this species of encouragement; but there is certainty no good foundation for such a question. The National Legislature has express authority "to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts, and provide for the common defense and general welfare," with no other qualifications than that "all duties, imposts and excises, shall be uniform throughout the United States; and that no capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to numbers, ascertained by a census or enumeration, taken on the principles prescribed in the constitution," and that "no tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any State."

These three qualifications excepted, the power to raise money is plenary and indefinite, and the objects to which it may be appropriated, are no less comprehensive thin the payment of the public debts, and the providing for the common defense and general welfare. The terms "general welfare" were doubtless intended to signify more than was expressed or imported in those which preceded; otherwise, numerous exigencies incident to the affairs of a nation would have been left without a provision. The phrase is as comprehensive as any that could have been used; because it was not fit that the constitutional authority of the Union to appropriate its revenues should have been restricted within narrower limits than the "general welfare;" and because this necessarily embraces a vast variety of particulars, which are susceptible neither of specification nor of definition.

It is, therefore, of necessity, left to the discretion of the National Legislature to pronounce upon the objects which concern the general welfare, and for which, under that description, an appropriation of money is requisite and proper. And there seems to be no room for a doubt, that whatever concerns the general interests of learning, of agriculture, of manufactures, and of commerce, are within the sphere of the national councils, as far as regards an application of money

both jefferson and hamilton also supported the 2nd amendment and uninfringed gun rights

go start a thread about that

 

[Lonestar_logic]

hamilton

He died a couple of hundred years ago. He can't give anyone advice.

Facts are a bitch.

 

[Spoonman]

Here is Hamilton ont the question of taxes and general welfare clause

It kills most con bullshit on the issue






A question has been made concerning the constitutional right of the Government of the United States to apply this species of encouragement; but there is certainty no good foundation for such a question. The National Legislature has express authority "to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts, and provide for the common defense and general welfare," with no other qualifications than that "all duties, imposts and excises, shall be uniform throughout the United States; and that no capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to numbers, ascertained by a census or enumeration, taken on the principles prescribed in the constitution," and that "no tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any State."

These three qualifications excepted, the power to raise money is plenary and indefinite, and the objects to which it may be appropriated, are no less comprehensive thin the payment of the public debts, and the providing for the common defense and general welfare. The terms "general welfare" were doubtless intended to signify more than was expressed or imported in those which preceded; otherwise, numerous exigencies incident to the affairs of a nation would have been left without a provision. The phrase is as comprehensive as any that could have been used; because it was not fit that the constitutional authority of the Union to appropriate its revenues should have been restricted within narrower limits than the "general welfare;" and because this necessarily embraces a vast variety of particulars, which are susceptible neither of specification nor of definition.

It is, therefore, of necessity, left to the discretion of the National Legislature to pronounce upon the objects which concern the general welfare, and for which, under that description, an appropriation of money is requisite and proper. And there seems to be no room for a doubt, that whatever concerns the general interests of learning, of agriculture, of manufactures, and of commerce, are within the sphere of the national councils, as far as regards an application of money

both jefferson and hamilton also supported the 2nd amendment and uninfringed gun rights

go start a thread about that

why do liberals always pick and chose their facts? does the real truth not mater to them?

 

[Truthmatters]

go start your won thread about it.

this thread is about something else

 

[Truthmatters]

hamilton

He died a couple of hundred years ago. He can't give anyone advice.

Facts are a bitch.

his words still survive

 

[Truthmatters]

They are called the Federalist papers


have you heard of them?

 

[Truthmatters]

does the right dislike the federalist papers?

 

[LordBrownTrout]

No. Hamilton can burn but I'm sure he's looking up...happy as hell to see our massive govt.

 

[Yurt]

Jefferson later admitted hamilton was correct

about what and please provide a cite to back up your assertion.

THIRD time truthmatters.

i asked nicely and you still can't back up your assertions. this is becoming a habit with you.

 

[Lonestar_logic]

hamilton

He died a couple of hundred years ago. He can't give anyone advice.

Facts are a bitch.

his words still survive

But he can't give advice nor can he agree with you.

Time to face reality!

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Jefferson later admitted hamilton was correct

An 18th century guy thought 18th century solutions were a good idea.

 

[Truthmatters]

you hate the founders?

 

[Truthmatters]

Jefferson later admitted hamilton was correct

about what and please provide a cite to back up your assertion.

THIRD time truthmatters.

i asked nicely and you still can't back up your assertions. this is becoming a habit with you.

yurt I did.

I produced the ACTIONS of Jefferson himeself as president