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You do realize that Washington and Jefferson were "poor farmer brotha's", right? :think: And since when are farmers not businessmen?
How can you knock George Washington with that "brotha" name!
Ninety percent of Americans named "Washington" are black. :mrt:
"In contrast to the other state legislatures, the Massachusetts legislature imposed a tightly limited currency and high taxes, which triggered formation of a small army of farmers led by Daniel Shays, a former Revolutionary War army captain. The incident came to be known as Shays' Rebellion. In a bid to take over the Massachusetts statehouse, Shays and others demanded that foreclosures and unfair court proceedings be dropped. Troops were called out and they quickly suppressed the rebellion, but nationalists asked what would happen if a revolt got out of control. George Washington warned, 'There are combustibles in every state which a spark might set fire to.'[6]"
Wikipedia on the History of the United States Constitution.
The constitution was written to prevent stuff like the above. Bankers and businessmen wanted to be sure that they would be able to keep their profits.
"At the invitation of George Washington, the commissioners met at his Mount Vernon home, and, in March 1785, drafted a compact which, in many of its details relative to the navigation and jurisdiction of the Potomac, is still in force.[2] More importantly, the commissioners submitted to their respective states a report in favor of a convention of all the states "to take into consideration the trade and commerce" of the Confederation. Virginia, in January 1786, advocated such a convention, authorizing its commissioners to meet with those of other States, at a time and place to be agreed on "to take into consideration the trade of the United States, to examine the relative situations and trade of the said State, to consider how far a uniform system in their commercial regulations may be necessary to their common interest and their permanent harmony, and to report to the several States, such an act relative to this great object, as when unanimously ratified by them, will enable the United States in Congress, effectually to provide for the same" (same link).
