Originally Posted by
menmon
He balanced the budget by cutting defense spending to nothing...he actually disassembled the navy and sold the lumber and nails to get out of debt. No republican would stand for that. This actually almost got us in trouble because the war of 1812 started and we had no navy. What saved us is that england and france were at war.
Furthermore, he was a man that believed in tolorance. As most of the founding fathers he came here to get away from oppression. In God We Trust and The ALL Seeing Eye on the Dollar is masonic not from the new testiment. He and the others wanted a country were men could have freedom to pray to God the way they wanted to...not the way the king did. Their intentions were to give freedom and liberty to all men as they knew it in that time, and if they were living today, they would be seeking the same for men today.
During that time, slaves were viewed as property and women were suppose to be submessive to their husband. They knew nothing different, but if they were asked to write the rule book today, they would have written it to be fair to all.