Think of our world today, but everyone lived on a farm. You had to get up five in the morning, maybe work in the fields with your dad for a few hours before heading off to school. Then once you get home it’s back to the fields. After dinner you do homework and head off to bed. The next day is the very same. Doesn't sound fun, now does it? That is the world Jefferson envisioned for us. Now think of the world you live in now. We create and make products. You go to school and learn how to build things. This is Hamilton’s vision that we are living. Hamilton wanted this country to manufacture it’s own goods and he wanted us to have a strong military. If I look around now, I see many companies creating new technology and I see America as a military superpower. We live in Hamilton's world.

Hamilton wanted industry, he believed that a nation could not become modern without it. With his influence, the “Industrial Revolution” began. Factories were taking over and creating all different kinds of goods. More people got jobs and more jobs means more goods for everyone. Today, we still make goods. Those American Eagle jeans you’re wearing? They were made here. Without Hamilton, you probably would not be wearing them.

Hamilton saw a bloody war with his own eyes. He fought beside Washington in the Revolution and saw just how brutal humans could be. He did not completely trust everyone and tried to raise voting standards. Hamilton helped fight for our freedom and he wants to keep it. He does not want some country to take it away. He helped set up the military that protects America now.

To end my argument I want to point out that both men have suitable qualities for governing this country. While Jefferson may have been more fair to the people, Hamilton got America where it needed to be.