I do too. Too many favor Jefferson's view IMO over Hamilton's and it makes me uncomfortable; I see dangerous shades of that thinking today as well. I wasn't aware that Ron Chernow had written a book on Hamilton and I will have to look that up. Thanks.
Jackson's certainly purported to be agri-business, but according to you his views were quite the opposite. Interesting.
Jefferson PROFESSED “small government,” and indeed paid off a lot of the debt (thanks to the structures and policies Hamilton put in place), but let’s not forget that he fought the nation’s first foreign war (Barbary Wars) without a declaration of war, and using the frigates built by Adams; that he proposed a MASSIVE “roads and bridges” program that was double the size of the entire federal budget (it was no enacted by Congress, but was built by the private sector). He did downsize the army, which proved a mistake in the War of 1812. So TJ gets credit for being a “limited government” guy when in fact John Adams was probably far more limited in what he actually did.