The garbage workers that were on strike.
The U.S. debt in 1783 totaled $43 million. That year, Congress was given the power to raise taxes to cover the Government's costs. ... To help raise money, federal bonds were issued by the Government. 1775 - Paying for the American Revolutionary War was the start of the country's debt
Nobody else could build that canal. The Americans are the only people who could build them. They also made the Panama canal so that they could access the necessary territory.