James Madison opposed funding the national debt at face value because
a. inflation had virtually destroyed investments in the government.
b. most of the debt was held not by the original lenders but by profiteering speculators.
c. his rival, Alexander Hamilton, stood to make a large profit from funding.
d. Madison’s own state of Virginia would foot the bill for the funding act.
e. none of these choices.
ANS: B
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