In 1820, Thomas Jefferson wrote to Thomas Ritchie:
“If there be anything amiss therefore, in the present state of our affairs . . . I ascribe it to the inattention of Congress to its duties, to their unwise dissipation & waste of the public contributions. They seemed, some little while ago to be at a loss for objects whereupon to throw away the supposed fathomless funds of the treasury.”
Jefferson’s words could almost serve as a voiceover for some of the campaign ads we are seeing in these final weeks before the November elections.
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