Cabinet Battle #1

[00:00.17] Ladies and gentlemen, you could have been anywhere in the world tonight

[00:03.94] But you're here with us in New York City

[00:06.44] Are you ready for a cabinet meeting, huh?

[00:10.46] The issue on the table, Secretary Hamilton's plan to assume state debt and establish a national bank

[00:17.51] Secretary Jefferson, you have the floor, sir

[00:22.53] Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

[00:25.29] We fought for these ideals, we shouldn't settle for less

[00:28.05] These are wise words, enterprising men quote 'em

[00:30.81] Don't act surprised, you guys, 'cause I wrote 'em (ow)

[00:34.82] But Hamilton forgets

[00:36.07] His plan would have the government assume state's debts

[00:38.84] Now, place your bets as to who that benefits

[00:41.59] The very seat of government where Hamilton sits

[00:44.89] Oh, if the shoe fits, wear it

[00:47.11] If New York's in debt, why should Virginia bear it?

[00:49.87] Uh, our debts are paid, I'm afraid

[00:52.39] Don't tax the South 'cause we got it made in the shade

[00:55.66] In Virginia, we plant seeds in the ground

[00:57.66] We create, you just wanna move our money around

[01:00.43] This financial plan is an outrageous demand

[01:03.19] And it's too many damn pages for any man to understand

[01:06.71] Stand with me in the land of the free and pray to God we never see Hamilton's candidacy

[01:11.22] Look, when Britain taxed our tea, we got frisky

[01:13.99] Imagine what gon' happen when you try to tax our whisky

[01:18.77] Thank you, Secretary Jefferson

[01:20.78] Secretary Hamilton, your response

[01:25.31] Thomas, that was a real nice declaration

[01:28.07] Welcome to the present, we're running a real nation

[01:30.83] Would you like to join us, or stay mellow

[01:33.34] Doin' whatever the hell it is you do in Monticello?

[01:36.61] If we assume the debts, the union gets new line of credit, a financial diuretic

[01:41.63] How do you not get it, if we're aggressive and competitive

[01:44.39] The union gets a boost, you'd rather give it a sedative?

[01:47.39] A civics lesson from a slaver, hey neighbor

[01:49.91] Your debts are paid 'cause you don't pay for labor

[01:52.92] "We plant seeds in the South. We create." Yeah, keep ranting

[01:55.68] We know who's really doing the planting

[01:58.21] And another thing, Mr. Age of Enlightenment

[02:00.72] Don't lecture me about the war, you didn't fight in it

[02:03.74] You think I'm frightened of you, man?

[02:05.24] We almost died in a trench

[02:06.50] While you were off getting high with the French

[02:09.01] Thomas Jefferson, always hesitant with the President

[02:11.79] Reticent there isn't a plan he doesn't jettison

[02:14.79] Madison, you're mad as a hatter, son, take your medicine

[02:17.31] Damn, you're in worse shape than the national debt is in

[02:20.07] Sittin' there useless as two shits

[02:22.08] Hey, turn around, bend over, I'll show you where my shoe fits

[02:26.35] Excuse me, Madison, Jefferson, take a walk

[02:29.36] Hamilton, take a walk, we're gonna reconvene after a brief recess, Hamilton

[02:34.12] Sir

[02:34.88] A word

[02:36.89] You don't have the votes (you don't have the votes)

[02:40.68] Aha-ha-ha ha

[02:42.44] You're gonna need congressional approval and you don't have the votes

[02:47.44] Such a blunder sometimes it makes me wonder why I even bring the thunder

[02:49.71] Why he even brings the thunder

[02:56.50] You wanna pull yourself together?

[02:58.51] I'm sorry, these Virginians are birds of a feather

[03:00.77] Young man, I'm from Virginia, so watch your mouth

[03:03.28] So we let Congress get held hostage by the South?

[03:06.55] You need the votes

[03:07.31] No, we need bold strokes, we need this plan (no, you need to convince more folks)

[03:11.59] James Madison won't talk to me, that's a nonstarter

[03:14.36] Ah, winning was easy, young man, governing's harder

[03:17.37] They're being intransigent

[03:17.87] You have to find a compromise

[03:19.63] But they don't have a plan, they just hate mine (convince them otherwise)

[03:22.64] And what happens if I don't get congressional approval?

[03:25.41] I imagine they'll call for your removal

[03:27.92] Sir

[03:28.42] Figure it out, Alexander, that's an order from your commander