A complex subject
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Heh... someone's been listening to "Coast to Coast"....
http://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2011/01/15
Posted by Dan Barton | January 16, 2011 5:54 PM
Not me -- never heard of it. And the blog post is a month old.
Posted by Jack Bog | January 16, 2011 5:59 PM
If anyone was in a position to predict and caution against this problem it was Ike. Now no one hoping to actually be elected will even think about touching it.
Posted by Drewbob | January 16, 2011 6:02 PM
Sadly, methinks the wise words of SHAEF commander Eisenhower went mostly unnoticed at the time and are mostly forgotten today.
Nice to see some attention now, though. Now if only Obama dare echo these words. Probably not. 'Tis a shame.
Posted by Mr. Grumpy | January 16, 2011 8:35 PM
It has been there and it has been voiced in public, repeatedly, over the past 50 years, for those who listened and paid attention.
It was genius from what had been an unexpected quarter. He was, indeed, a person uniquely qualified to warn the US public.
It's a pity it went largely ignored, as we are much the poorer for it now, and shall be for some time to come.
Posted by godfry | January 16, 2011 9:40 PM
It's gotten much worse, mutual government/business complexes abound now across all economic sectors. Government is in bed with business and business is in bed with government. The political arguments now are about how to structure concentration of power rather than how to break it apart and to create environments where competition can constantly nip at its heals.
Posted by Newleaf | January 17, 2011 6:11 AM
As general of a victorious army and later a two-term president, Eisenhower seemed ideally placed to address the concerns he raised.
Why didn’t he?
Posted by Mike D | January 17, 2011 3:22 PM