... up with us today. Alexander Hamilton was a federalist and believed that the US needed to think of state debts as national debt. In order to do this, Hamilton suggested funding the national and individual state debts, and wanted to do so by selling bonds (Matson). John Steele Gordon discusses all the aspects of Hamilton's plan to help the national debt, and tries to prove that ... government. Gordon believes that Hamilton was very daring about his ideas for government change. "Hamilton's background would always set him apart and give him an outlook on life and politics the other Founding...

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