Thank you for your post. I was not aware of the cronyism angle of his actions regarding the 2nd Bank of the United States.
Nor was I until, delving into the FED, 1913 jeykyll island,
and a lot else. As to how he “broke the bank”. In that sense, as all national banks we’ve had are “private” banks, he “broke” them by removing assets. Can’t do that now, unless you have a Treasurer who’s malleable (maybe Lew is, but he ain’t inclined). I like the idea of a full audit of the Fed, but good luck with that. They click and give billions of US money supply to foreign banks... and NOT for reasons of US national interests whatsoever. It’s Hamilton vs. Jefferson fast forward past JP Morgan, Warburg, and all the rest to what is arguably the dream of extra sovereign interests— they have become the government. Deo Vindice.