A quote from The Papers of Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson certainly displayed a prescient view on where corporations could take the US. He wanted an agrarian society of farmers with little real industry but American history did not support that outcome.

Excellent post MSgt. However, his warning may have landed on deaf ears.
M. Morris RVT

I have always found the feud between Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton interesting. Different ideology that still prevails today as we know. I always wonder how our nation would have evolved, corporations and banks vs agriculture if it had not been for Pres. Washington's support for Hamilton and his vision of a true central bank. I think about this everytime the Federal Reserve Board meets in their FOMC meeting.