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2023-10-15 Government Corruption

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Posted by Besoeker 2023-10-15 07:14|| || Front Page|| [17 views ] Top

#1 We were warned in 1961:

Eisenhower's farewell address (sometimes referred to as "Eisenhower's farewell address to the nation") was the final public speech of Dwight D. Eisenhower as the 34th President of the United States, delivered in a television broadcast on January 17, 1961. Perhaps best known for advocating that the nation guard against the potential influence of the military–industrial complex, a term he is credited with coining, the speech also expressed concerns about planning for the future and the dangers of massive spending, especially deficit spending, the prospect of the domination of science through federal funding and, conversely, the domination of science-based public policy by what he called a "scientific-technological elite". This speech and Eisenhower's Chance for Peace speech have been called the "bookends" of his administration. WIKI

Emphasis added.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-10-15 07:26|| 2023-10-15 07:26|| Front Page Top

#2 The problem with crying wolf is that right after people stop listening, the wolf comes.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-10-15 07:26|| 2023-10-15 07:26|| Front Page Top

#3 The Military Industrial Complex (MIC) has been matched in its overall corrosive impact upon the old republic as much as the Technological Academic Complex (TAC). Both feast on the money pit that is the Swamp that loots the citizenry.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-10-15 07:37|| 2023-10-15 07:37|| Front Page Top

#4 Every single thing that the government gets involved in becomed a jobs program and a revenue stream. The jobs side is used to stuff ballot boxes, the revenue is used to stuff pockets.

Posted by ed in texas 2023-10-15 09:01|| 2023-10-15 09:01|| Front Page Top

#5 Then why are so many commenters strongly on Graham's side and want a new war with Iran?

Posted by Otto Gurly-Brown9938 2023-10-15 09:20|| 2023-10-15 09:20|| Front Page Top

#6 ^ Sometimes you gotta stop and shake the rock out of your boot.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-10-15 09:40|| 2023-10-15 09:40|| Front Page Top

#7 want a new war with Iran?

More like desirous of finally finishing the old war that Iran’s Mullahs have been prosecuting since 1979. my dear. But you knew that, disingenuous old thing that you are.

Posted by trailing wife 2023-10-15 13:32|| 2023-10-15 13:32|| Front Page Top

#8 There may be plenty of reasons for a person supporting thumping Iran. Because Graham said so is not one of them.

Graham is a salesman. He makes money from wars. He makes more money if the war streches on. Quick, decisive wins are bad for business. A drawn out USA/Iran war is bad for everyone except people like Graham.

In his corner are those pushing a war to show that the WokeSA military is up to the challenge as validation, even though our Secretary of Defense thinks Air Force flies from carriers and their generals can't sit in their skirts correctly.

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-10-15 14:09|| 2023-10-15 14:09|| Front Page Top

#9 The Military Industrial Complex (MIC) has been matched in its overall corrosive impact upon the old republic as much as the Technological Academic Complex (TAC).

What's the one thing they have in common? A government that has grown too large and too empowered to stop. The TAC and MIC are symptoms, not causes. The cause is the destruction of Federalism, beginning with the 16th and 17th amendments, and the death of the 9th and 10th amendments in the courts.

Posted by Sheba Thease8880 2023-10-15 17:31|| 2023-10-15 17:31|| Front Page Top

#10 ...don't forget the WW2 'temporary' expedient of payroll withholding.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-10-15 17:52|| 2023-10-15 17:52|| Front Page Top

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