Alexander Hamilton's plan for the nation's debts were to have the government take all the debts of the government and states by being loaned more money at lower interest rates. One aspect that was controversial was that people claimed his plan was all a ploy to put revenue and profit into the hands of people who had purchased Revolutionary War bonds. This was because they could be purchased off the veterans for cheap and would have pay out. The elements of the foundation Hamilton laid can be found in the fact that the country still runs on investment, commerce, and
