George Washington: *writes letter to congress about how his dastardly rival, horatio gates, is planning to lead a military coup against congress to settle claims of wages never paid to soldiers, and how he, the great and wise one, heard of this when the coup plotters unfortunately told his aide alexander hamilton, and settled everybody down with a great speech, but congress should pass a bill anyways that guarantees pay for soldiers AND for rich creditors by implementing a widely unpopular tax in order to stave off any future military coup*
Congress: *Passes the tax with haste*
Later Historians: "Gosh, it's so excellent that George Washington was so committed to democracy. There could be no ulterior motives here. This calls for another statue of our God-King."