Hamilton Vs. Jefferson

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masses provided for under Jeffersons plan. On a broader aspect, Hamilton wanted to expand the beuracracy, as well as enable the strong federal government to establish numerous tariffs and limits on free speech and free expression rights. Jefferson held strong to his beliefs of a weak central government needed only to secure individual rights and equal treatment of citizens. On the issue of a national bank, Hamilton believed that anything that was not forbade in the Constitution was to be allowed and thus supported a national bank in order to control the national debt as an asset. In contrast, Jeffersons belief that rights not given to the national government were given to state governments in order to minimize the menace of a national debt and sustain a rigid economy. These issues were debated then, and still are now, because of their central importance in our way of life.
One of the most important issues discussed was who was to manage public affairs. Hamiltons iew was simple. ...

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