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[Roger Odisio]

At 04:00 PM 3/15/1999 -0500, Carl Remick wrote:
>> "What's good for GM is good for America."
>
>GM Chairman Charles E. ("Engine Charlie" [vs. "Electric Charlie" Wilson,
>Chairman of GE ) Wilson said it to the Senate Armed Forces Committee
>(1952):  "What is good for the country is good for General Motors, and
>what's good for General Motors is good for the country."
>
>Carl Remick

And don't forget Senator Phogbound in L'il Abner.  He picked it up ("What's
good for General Bullmoose is good for the US of A", AL Capp), and it became
a well known phrase throughout the land on the heels of the comic strip, the
Broadway show, and the movie.