[Publius]

Hamilton wanted vigorous and effective government, but not big government. This is because big government would have required a high rate of taxation to support it, and that would have been bad for business.

Hamilton would have been willing to have his vigorous and effective government intervene on behalf of the commercial and speculative classes, i.e., business, but he would have been repulsed by direct government payments to people.

[definitelynotaliberal]

Repulsed by direct gov’tm. payments to the people, naturally! It is antithetical to business principles.

[rlmorel]

Agreed. Hamilton has a bad name around here because he was a Federalist, but you and I are in agreement. I simply think that for the time, his advocacy of that was needed.

Like potato chips, though, they just didn’t know where to stop...:)