Washington was worth $525 million in 2010 dollars yet had to borrow money to get to his inauguration

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6. well spoken.

too many people on DU seem to uncritically accept Jefferson as a liberal icon, and neglect what Washington and Hamilton were all about.

Much of US history has been written by Southern historians in sympathy with the political values of the southern plantation owners, and this has ruined the way American history is taught. It's like how Roman history was written by rich patrician aristocrats, so the populist politicians and the plebians always come off looking bad.