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    Debt is the fatal disease of republics‚ the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people” Wendell Phillips‚ civil rights activist and lawyer (Phillips). There was only one time in U.S. history that the nation was debt free‚ one year beginning on January 8‚ 1834 under President Jackson. When President Jackson took office‚ the national debt was approximately 58 million USD (Smith). After six years in office‚ the nation’s debt was eliminated. On February 1‚ 2016‚ less

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    budget deficits and the nation debt. In order to do this; I first had to find out exactly what they were. I will also discuss whether I think the government should operate with a balanced budget. Budget deficit is the amount by which total government spending is more than government income during a specified period; the amount of money which the government has to raise by borrowing or currency emission in order to make up for the shortfall in tax revenues. National debt denotes the total sum of

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    National Debt: It is Not Just a Number‚ It is Our Future Miranda Rosenbaum Macroeconomics Professor C. Simkonis April 29‚ 2008 Rosenbaum 1 As a nation‚ America has accumulated a tremendous amount of debt which will affect not only the lives of the current citizens‚ but generations thereafter. Currently‚ the United States public debt is approximately $9.5 trillion‚ in long form‚ that’s $9‚500‚000‚000‚000. This ridiculous amount

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    The national debt is also known as the federal debt is the total of all the budget deficits of the previous year subtracting the surpluses the government has paid off with. A deficit is how the government spends more than it collects in taxes in a single year and how the money the government borrows is added to the debt. A Surplus is how the government spends less than it collects in taxes in a single year ‚the extra tax revenue will go toward paying down the debt. I believe that the national debt

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    between Jefferson and Hamilton over the French Revolution. Jefferson and his Republican supporters were in favor of joining the revolutionaries‚ while Hamilton and the Federalists called for a neutral stance in relation to the fighting. This lead to the bisection of a previously cooperative government into two warring parties. In 1804‚ Hamilton‚ who had a disagreement with Jefferson ’s vice-president Aaron Burr‚ agreed to a duel in the outskirts of Weehawken‚ New Jersey. While Hamilton had reservations

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    various taxes and fees and the expenses are what the U.S. government pays out for national defense‚ highways‚ social welfare programs‚ and various other programs. In an election year‚ the average citizen is apt to hear a great deal of talk about income‚ taxes‚ spending‚ and more importantly budget deficits and the national debt. Given all of the talk‚ one may come to think that budget deficits and the national debt are one in the same. While the two do go hand-in-hand‚ it is important to understand

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    The U.S. National Debt The national debt is the total amount of money the United States Treasury Department has borrowed and currently owes to the federal government’s creditors (Sylla). These creditors are mostly comprised of the public‚ including individuals‚ corporations‚ as well as state‚ local and foreign governments. They also consist of various government trust funds‚ such as Social Security and Medicare. Additionally‚ they include the Federal Reserve‚ mostly in the form of treasury

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    views of Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson over issues related to views of government‚ the role of government and social philosophy in foreign and domestic affairs‚ were primarily responsible for shaping the rise of political parties from 1783-1800. Originally feared by the forefathers‚ the rise of political parties emerged from intense ideological struggles over views of government between two political leaders important to President Washington’s Cabinet‚ Alexander Hamilton as Secretary of the

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    Thomas Jefferson and Niccolo Machiavelli share similar and different thoughts on how a government should run. On how the government should function. From the rule of the government the rule of the people. However Machiavelli’s essay is more cynical‚ while on the other hand Jefferson is more logical. We might live in a Machiavellian world but it all depends on what people believe in. Personally I believe that Machiavelli’s philosophy is cynical compared to Jefferson‚ Therefore I believe more in Jefferson’s

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    the two party system and they were highly influenced by Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. People that lived in different areas had different views about different issues because of this it lead to the two party system some people believed in one and the other people believed in another. People that owned land and grew crops tended to side with Jefferson or the Republicans and people that didn’t own land tended to side with Hamilton or the Federalists. Washington was strongly against the two party

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