10-22-2009, 04:07 PM
I don't think the barter system solves the problem of people wanting to quit after losing a lot of stuff. Whether its 1 million logs or 1 million logs worth of gold, it took a certain amount of time to get that amount of stuff.
"Hamilton is really a Colossus to the anti republican party. Without numbers he is an host within himself. They have got themselves into a defile where they might be finished but too much security on the republican part will give time to his talents and indefatigableness to extricate them. We have had only middling performances to oppose to him. In truth when he comes forward there is nobody but yourself who can meet him. His adversaries having begun the attack he has the advantage of answering them and remains unanswered himself. For God's sake take up your pen and give a fundamental reply to Curtius and Camillas" - Thomas Jefferson to James Madison