[justshutupandtakeit]

And his writings backing your point are?

[Carry_Okie]

I don't have any, and neither do you. That's why his proposal was not conclusively a strawman, as you asserted. It MAY have been (which IS what I said), but we can't be certain without more data.

I have read both Madison's notes and Farrand's Record (which has the former therein). I am not as much of a fan of Mr. Hamilton as I once was. There is considerable dissembling on his part in The Federalist, the worst of which were his assurances that the national government was unlikely to usurp powers as structured. The Judiciary was given way too much power, but it was kept hidden, to be brought out later Chief Justices Jay and Marshall.

Then there's the Bank of the United States, about which I have read very little but bears need for some future research. My personal jury is out on Mr. Hamilton.