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In the first administration Jefferson told Hamilton there could be no Bank of the US because the Constitution did not explicitly enumerate it. Hamilton responded that the Constitution could not be expected to enumerate everything (kind of like our rights in it). As the stories go, Jefferson wasn't even a Framer as he was in France when the Constitution was hammered out, whereas Hamilton was a Framer. So really if we are going to talk about what the Framers intended, why not tell the whole story?

[QUOTE="AtheismIsReality, post: 115547, member: 2347"] In the first administration Jefferson told Hamilton there could be no Bank of the US because the Constitution did not explicitly enumerate it. Hamilton responded that the Constitution could not be expected to enumerate everything (kind of like our rights in it). As the stories go, Jefferson wasn't even a Framer as he was in France when the Constitution was hammered out, whereas Hamilton was a Framer. So really if we are going to talk about what the Framers intended, why not tell the whole story? [/QUOTE]

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