49. Jefferson thought we would be a country of farmers, that people would
own and tend their land. The Founding Fathers would be horrified to know what happened during the Industrial Revolution. George Washington had to look around to find a tailor who could make his inauguration suit. We were a country of resources whose manufacturing was pretty much the preparation of raw materials for further manufacture in the UK and elsewhere.
We had some industry, but that was not at all our focus. So that is why our Constitution reads as it does.
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