[lbo-talk] One reason to like Ike....

Jim Devine jdevine03 at gmail.com
Sun Aug 14 08:52:32 PDT 2005


By the standards of today's politicians, Ike would be a patron saint of welfare-state liberalism.

On 8/13/05, Mike Ballard <swillsqueal at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> "Should any political party attempt to abolish social
> security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor
> laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that
> party again in our political history. There is a tiny
> splinter group, of course, that believes that you can
> do these things. Among them are a few Texas oil
> millionaires, and an occasional politician or
> businessman from other areas. Their number is
> negligible, and they are stupid."
>
> - President Dwight D. Eisenhower, l952
>
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> My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.
> My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues.
>
> Abraham Lincoln
>
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-- Jim Devine "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.



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