List 3 ways that jefferson cut spending when he became president

1) jefferson didn’t want to punish the federalist, but he did want to change their policies. to him the federalist made the government too large and powerful. so he reduced the power by cutting the budget to the federalists and also by reducing the federal debt.2) jefferson had believed in the idea that was known as “laissez faire” which meant “ let alone” this idea was very different from the federalists idea for the government. alexander hamilton , the leader of the federalists wanted the government to promote trade and also manufacturing.3) finally jefferson has tried to reduce the government roles of the people’s lives. he decided to decrease the government department sized and had cut the federal budget. after that, he reduced the army and many sizes and also asked congress if they could repeal the unpopular whiskey tax.