He slashed Army and Navy expenditures, cut the budget, eliminated the tax on whiskey so unpopular in the West, yet reduced the national debt by a third. He also sent a naval squadron to fight the Barbary pirates, who were harassing American commerce in the Mediterranean. Well, the tax cut and fighting the pirates is familiar. Cutting military spending, cutting the budget, and reducing the national debt not so much so.
Ack, that ping should've been to you, sorry bout that.
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