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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikem2000, post: 1793399, member: 30574&quot;]I am not exactly getting what you are trying to say, so I will only deal with the first part.&nbsp; Of course the debate has been going on for a while, but that does not mean there is no correct answer.&nbsp; Yes ol&#039; TJ did not care for paper currency, but man, you just brought the wrong horse to the race.&nbsp; Jefferson was a great man, but you did not want to go to him for finacial advice.&nbsp; He was an absolute horror as a buisness man and did not have a grasp on money.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>He ran his plantation in a reckless manor, he never turned a dime of prophet, was a total spend thrift who consistantly bought thing he could not afford, and could never pay back.&nbsp; As Monticello went deeper and deeper into debt, he was forced to sell off his posessions and slaves, but that barely put a dent into his financial obligations with absolutley no chance of paying them off.&nbsp; They banks would have forclosed, and they only reason they didn&#039;t was he was well, Thomas Jefferson, the third president and he was beloved by the entire country.&nbsp; He died broke and stuck the bankers with the bill.&nbsp; He just did not understand money, so to be on the other side of a financial opinion than TJ suits me just fine. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If you are ever out to Va.&nbsp; Monticello is must see.&nbsp; The &quot;real&quot; history is fascinating and it is all there.&nbsp; Not a real pretty picture, but that&#039;s the way it was in 1820[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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