Jefferson Vs Hamilton Opinion Essay
There were two very smart men back in the day, both trying to figure out how to run our country, The United States of America. Their names of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. Both of these two men were brilliant and had strong feelings about their beliefs of how to manage our country. Both Jefferson and Hamilton had me hooked very strongly and Jefferson did get me on his side for a little, but overall Hamilton is the one I believe had better viewpoints as to how to run our government. Some of Hamilton’s main points were believing in the central government, a balanced economy, and he wanted to raise voting qualifications. Overall, I think Hamilton would be more effective and practical when it came to running the United States, so I would choose Hamilton to be a leader in the government. The first reason why I support Hamilton is because of his views on the structure of government. Hamilton favored a strong national or central government in which Jefferson opposed, but I believe that a strong central government would benefit the people of the community and country. A loose interpretation of the government was one of Hamilton’s beliefs and that means he was flexible and believe some things needed to be change or tweaked a bit. That gives freedom for the country. Hamilton was very smart, smarter than Jefferson, though some of his views were not
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Jefferson had a good point showing that the rich and wealthy and wellborn should not rule, and that was a big point of Hamilton’s I did not believe in but, overall Hamilton’s views on who should govern passed Jefferson. For example, Hamilton wanted to raise voting qualifications meaning he didn’t want it to be so easy for anyone to vote, and that is how it should be, not everyone should be able to vote, it should be a privilege, and having anyone be able to vote like Jefferson believed, could hurt the government and who runs
Jefferson had a good point showing that the rich and wealthy and wellborn should not rule, and that was a big point of Hamilton’s I did not believe in but, overall Hamilton’s views on who should govern passed Jefferson. For example, Hamilton wanted to raise voting qualifications meaning he didn’t want it to be so easy for anyone to vote, and that is how it should be, not everyone should be able to vote, it should be a privilege, and having anyone be able to vote like Jefferson believed, could hurt the government and who runs