[Academiadotorg]

See if you can name the only politically correct Founding Father.

[ClearCase_guy]

I don’t see how the government has the power to give charity to the needy. Especially when government puts a gun to MY head and takes MY money so that the government can provide “charity” in return for votes.

I prefer Davy Crockett’s speech: “Not Yours to Give”.

[Buckeye McFrog]

They had a different definition of “national welfare” in those days.

[BenLurkin]

Would like to see that quote sourced.

It has the tone of the period’s writing but some of the phraseology seems a bit off.

[Sacajaweau]

Check out the Towns of old. If you came to town and tried for handouts...they kicked you out.

[Political Junkie Too]

Don't expect any Broadway shows to open any time soon with titles such as "Adams!," "Madison!," "Jefferson!" or "Washington!"

That one was called 1776, and was a big success, too.

-PJ

[Pietro]

Hamilton was a tool of the central bankers Robert Morris and Guevenor Morris.

The father of debt driven government as well as the instigator of the Whiskey Rebellion.

[Ohioan]

As a Jeffersonian, I am a skeptic as to Hamilton's comments, up to a point. But I will defend him, vigorously, on the suggested point in this thread. He has defined the general welfare in a way that excludes the particular welfare of special interest groups. The misapplication of the concept to include wealth redistribution from the producers to those being subsidized to not produce, is grossly illogical. For everything Hamilton says about it not being "local" obviously applies--and then some--for it not being a benefit to a particular class or faction.

For Jefferson's wise take on what we today describe as "Welfare," see Jefferson On Welfare.

I suspect that on this point, Jefferson & Hamilton would have agreed.