Economics
Thomas Jefferson, as a Democratic-Republican, has many strong views on how the United States economy should work and grow. He is a strict constitutionalist, strong advocate for farmers and what economics will help them, and believes in lower tariffs.
First and foremost, Thomas Jefferson is a big supporter of the farmers and plantation owners in the United States. The growth of the economy should remain the same with farming as the main industry. Farming has worked for centuries, it requires handwork and labor, its a pure pastime, and the country thrives with the imports and exports. Farmers are the most independent workers and Jefferson wants their support more than anything because they are the greatest majority of true Americans. Jefferson strongly believes that the Federalists views on how to grow the American are very wrong. They want to grow in a business and manufactory economy. Jefferson says that then America will get too caught up in relying on other people's work to make a living. Farmers, instead, and independent, pure, and work hard for their own living. That should be the American way from now until far into the future.
Second, Thomas Jefferson is a strict constructionist. This means that the federal government should only do what the Constitution says it should do. His view is what defined the meaning of being a strict constructionist. The Constitution is basically the rulebook, bible, or words to live by of the United States of America, and following them is very important. If people begin to bend the rules or make exceptions to the Constitution, the country will be in chaos without meaningful rules. Federalists are strong loose constructionists, and by following those ways, the country will think they can do whatever they want outside of the Constitution because it is "necessary". The question Jefferson has is who decides that its necessary. If everyone follows the well thought out, rulebook, Constitution, there should be no problems in our economy.
Third, Thomas Jefferson will fight for lower tariffs, or taxes on foreign imports. He wants these because they would help farmers, again the majority, independent, Americans. With lower cost of imports, farmers would be able to buy tools and other important items for cheap and they can't export their crops because they wouldn't last over time and seas. Cheaper import would only make sense for the majority of America to succeed (farmers) and the farming economy which will thrive. Federalists are fighting for higher tariffs to raise prices of foreign products. This would cause Americans to buy U.S. goods, protecting American manufacturing from foreign competition. But this solution will not work in a farming economy and would hurt farmers and their income.
If elected by the citizens of the United States of America, Thomas Jefferson will promise to ensure there is a thriving, growing American economy that is fit for the farmers, plantation owners, and skilled workers who have put so much time and effort to build up this great country.
First and foremost, Thomas Jefferson is a big supporter of the farmers and plantation owners in the United States. The growth of the economy should remain the same with farming as the main industry. Farming has worked for centuries, it requires handwork and labor, its a pure pastime, and the country thrives with the imports and exports. Farmers are the most independent workers and Jefferson wants their support more than anything because they are the greatest majority of true Americans. Jefferson strongly believes that the Federalists views on how to grow the American are very wrong. They want to grow in a business and manufactory economy. Jefferson says that then America will get too caught up in relying on other people's work to make a living. Farmers, instead, and independent, pure, and work hard for their own living. That should be the American way from now until far into the future.
Second, Thomas Jefferson is a strict constructionist. This means that the federal government should only do what the Constitution says it should do. His view is what defined the meaning of being a strict constructionist. The Constitution is basically the rulebook, bible, or words to live by of the United States of America, and following them is very important. If people begin to bend the rules or make exceptions to the Constitution, the country will be in chaos without meaningful rules. Federalists are strong loose constructionists, and by following those ways, the country will think they can do whatever they want outside of the Constitution because it is "necessary". The question Jefferson has is who decides that its necessary. If everyone follows the well thought out, rulebook, Constitution, there should be no problems in our economy.
Third, Thomas Jefferson will fight for lower tariffs, or taxes on foreign imports. He wants these because they would help farmers, again the majority, independent, Americans. With lower cost of imports, farmers would be able to buy tools and other important items for cheap and they can't export their crops because they wouldn't last over time and seas. Cheaper import would only make sense for the majority of America to succeed (farmers) and the farming economy which will thrive. Federalists are fighting for higher tariffs to raise prices of foreign products. This would cause Americans to buy U.S. goods, protecting American manufacturing from foreign competition. But this solution will not work in a farming economy and would hurt farmers and their income.
If elected by the citizens of the United States of America, Thomas Jefferson will promise to ensure there is a thriving, growing American economy that is fit for the farmers, plantation owners, and skilled workers who have put so much time and effort to build up this great country.