It is true, <span>Bismarck completed his goal of isolating france by forming the triple alliance.</span>
There are many reasons. For starters, you can't keep an eye on it as close as you can on a local market. You don't know how corrupt the place where you invested is or what goes on politically behind the scenes. You can easily lose all money if the country goes to war with another country and sanctions are implemented, or your money can get stolen by a corrupt government.
Jefferson approved of having the House of Representatives chosen by voters because he was convinced that people should only be taxed by Representatives whom they have elected.
Jefferson literally stated: "I like the power given the Legislature to levy taxes, and for that reason solely I approve of the greater house being chosen by the people directly. For though I think a house so chosen . . . will be very illy qualified to legislate for the Union, for foreign nations, etc., yet this evil does not weigh against the good of preserving . . . the fundamental principle that the people are not to be taxed but by representatives chosen . . . by themselves".
<span>The years since 1914 confirmed some Enlightenment predictions, though these ideas were taken in new directions.
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