United States Secretary of the Treasury

dissident movements that were instrumental in Poland’s transition to democracy. Ms. Brainard had an unusual upbringing by being Jewish and growing up abroad in Communist Poland and Germany before the fall of the Berlin Wall, she only returned to the United States to start her college studies. She has stated in many of her speeches that…

and Harvey that the property damage and lost will be at 150 billion to 200 billion dollars. According to the Wall Street economist, the hurricanes will cause a negative impact on the third quarter growth numbers. Prior to the hurricanes, the United States economy had been estimated to grow…

political point of view, Hamilton greaty appreciated the idea of liberalism. Hamilton, as secretary of treasury, wanted a bigger government. With that, he would have appreciated the government spending money in order to stimulate the economy. This can be hypothesized by what he wrote in the federalist papers. In Federalist 12, Hamilton spoke about how increasing the government’s revenue was quintessential to a united Nation. By raising money for the government, it can spend it on the people in…

There have been a number of great and influential presidents that have run the United States of America. In my opinion, the most important President from the time period of George Washington (1789-1798) through Franklin Pierce (1853-1857) was George Washington himself. As the first President of the country, George Washington was the pioneer for all the presidents who followed him. His resume also set a standard for those who succeeded him; he had military experience before becoming president,…

are looking old, white, and male. Many of which are qualified to fill their roles in the cabinet. With these appointments being considered: Newt Gingrich being secretary of the state, Rudy Giuliani being attorney general, Trump's finance chair, being secretary of the Treasury, Lew Eisenberg, RNC finance chair considered to be secretary…

The original bureaucracy of the federal government consisted only of employees from three small departments, State, Treasury, and War. The executive branch employs today almost three million people. Not only have the numbers of bureaucrats grown, but also the methods and standards for hiring and promoting people have changed dramatically. Given the size of the bureaucracy, it is difficult to imagine a statistically typical bureaucrat. As a whole, however, the permanent bureaucracy is more…

Alexander Hamilton was the Secretary of treasury from 1789 to 1795; Hamilton had great foresight with his aspirations on how to solve the national debt. There were a few people that didn’t support Hamilton’s plans and some of his loudest opposers were James Madison who at one time was his protégé and fellow Congressman Thomas Jefferson. Alexander Hamilton was interested in raising revenue for the new federal government, he was a believer in capitalism and he was steadfast in his belief that he…

and accommodate legislation. The executive branch has only one check over the judicial branch being the President puts the Supreme Court and other federal judges in office. The President is not only the head of the United States and the military forces, but is also the head of the state. The President, as read in Article 2 of the constitution, is held accountable for enforcing the laws made by congress. The President calls to office more than 50 federal commissions like the Federal Reserve…

Arguments are common in politics, both in modern and historical times. Can you imagine the Vice President challenging a former Secretary of the Treasury to a duel to solve their problems? This very situation occurred in 1804 between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton. It was a battle ten years in the making. The conflict between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, which ended in a duel to the death, was important because it ruined a friendship, ended political careers that were helping form the…

composed for different reasons, for example, to help a specific political figure, to propel or boost a specific approach or a general ideological stance, to help certain groups in the society politically. From the earliest starting point of the United States, party or group such as, the Federalist, Anti-Federalist, Whigs, and Tories, has been dynamic, supporting different thoughts or plans. Tories were notoriously renowned as Pro-British before the American Revolution, and the Whigs are…