Last weekend we completed the John Adams mini-series. There is a part where Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, George Washington and Alexander Hamilton are discussing the establishment of a national bank. I am not sure how much of what is said by Thomas Jefferson's character in the movie can be attributed to the real man and how much is "screenplay" however, it is uncanny how closely what he said more than 225 years ago resonates with situations we face today.
"I fear our revolution will have been in vain if a Virginia farmer is to be held in hoc to a New York stock jobber who in turn is in hoc to a London banker. The opportunities for avarice and corruption would certainly prove irresistible."
Irresistible indeed...
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