Pursuant to President Trump’s campaign in 2015-6, with support of tariffs, investigation into unorthodox positions on trade and globalization is stimulating. Unfortunately, follow-up to attention toward President McKinley, a protectionist, directed at President Washington, who is considered preeminent at economic management, coincides with riots and destruction of historic statues.
Meanwhile, the biography of the father of our country that I have been reading, among several available to choose from, is Washington: The Indispensable Man, by James Thomas Flexner (published prior to our bicentennial). Chapters are just a few pages. It is not boring. Still, Independence Day is upon us and the portion of the book on the commander in chief’s presidency is probably 120 pages ahead.
Government figures and their policies can have bearing upon economics, which, in turn, probably aspires to be closer to trading or investing in debt instruments such as bonds than stocks.
Anyhow, if you look through the varied historical rankings of presidents shown on Wikipedia, you might observe not only that McKinley is widely ranked as above average (evidently pursuant to mid-century work of Margaret Leech), but that George Washington is considered superb at handling the economy or “Economic management.” If you understand why Washington is considered better than McKinley or Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who each saw the nation out of a depression; or Bill Clinton, please make this information immediately known? A 2010 survey had Washington fourth, two subsequent rankings have him first overall.
Among the plantation settlements of Washington’s earlier days, tobacco was a dominant crop. Liquors were also important–and evidently continued to be through prohibition. Before he was a general, before there was a place known as Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Washington served in horse-trod wilderness during the French and Indian War.
He was responsible for a structure known as Fort Necessity. While under attack, the situation there became dire. Washington opened some barrels of rum, which reinvigorated his troops. He soon surrendered to the French, who had Indians on their side, under terms that were not harsh.
He was responsible for a structure known as Fort Necessity. While under attack, the situation there became dire. Washington opened some barrels of rum, which reinvigorated his troops. He soon surrendered to the French, who had Indians on their side, under terms that were not harsh.
Then, rum production used molasses procured from Caribbean islands, the West Indies. Molasses mattered very much to the British and the French, which made it especially relevant to colonists. However, after the war, “Whiskey displaced rum as America’s favorite distilled beverage.”
Nowadays, rum tends to be described as made from cane sugar.
Horsemanship used to matter. Indians could be friends or foes. Rum used to be made with molasses.