Alexander Hamilton: The Worst of the Worst?

The foundation for much, if not all, of the monster state today came directly from Alexander Hamilton. Twisted definitions of necessary and proper and general Welfare, the central bank, and more. These are just some of the worst Hamiltonian views - some we already live under, while others will hopefully never see the light of day.

Path to Liberty: Oct 5, 2022

[freesk]

Very good one! My wife and daughter are huge fans of the musical "Hamilton." They could not understand why I was horrified that Hamilton was being celebrated, and why I held Jefferson up as the far better choice for respect. To them, Jefferson was the slave holder, and Hamilton was not. And that is as far as their analysis went.

[Chiguy]

Very interesting and educational. I don't remember ever learning this in the government run schools.

[presidentmerkinmuffley]

He wanted central banking. Little more needs to be said.

Keep up the good work. Good luck with the move.

[metroidsboy]

Great episode! And yes, Brion is the man too, you both should be starting a TV network of your own together some day😉

[epicpancho]

Isnt it sad people praise him because of a Broadway play.

[mindyourliberty]

My understanding was Hamilton basically came from nothing up into affluence and kind of felt like he had to prove something to the world, this his inflated ego.

[africkinamerican]

I'm not generally a fan of Hamilton, for many of the reasons mentioned. However, I I do happen to believe he was right about the bill of rights. It very well could be that he was making a valid argument ( even if to serve a less than honorable purpose ) when he argued that encoding a so-called Bill of Rights would merely lend opportunistic lawyers and judges to engage in sophistry and trickery to whittle such rights down, and to portray those rights as positive grants from government, rather than negative, plenary and numberless in nature. 9th and 10th amendments notwithstanding, it seems as if putting rights into words in the Federal Constitution is basically inventing the occasion for them to be played with and diminished.
One thing, it grants a federal jurisdiction over said rights almost automatically.
From that perspective, codifying rights federally almost asks them to be monkeyed with.
Is that not exactly what has occurred?