Actually, you have to read Ike’s full quote on the military/industrial complex. The libs only quote part of it — as usual — picking only the words that support their narrative:
“This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence — economic, political, even spiritual — is felt in every city, every State house, every office of the Federal government. We recognize the imperative need for this development. Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. Our toil, resources and livelihood are all involved; so is the very structure of our society.
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the militaryindustrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.”
"[T]here is a recurring temptation to feel that some spectacular and costly action could become the miraculous solution to all current difficulties . . . programs to cure every ill in agriculture; a dramatic expansion in basic and applied research -- these and many other possibilities, each possibly promising in itself, may be suggested as the only way to the road we wish to travel." My emphasis.
Billions of dollars to subsidize ethanol from corn.. billions more for stem cell, billions and billions for green crap. . . a trillion here and a trillion there. . . .