“We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security.”

[bronxiteforever]

-Eisenhower. Sounds bitter doesn't he?

[wtmusic]

1. Be it Reds or Terrorists

the principle is the same.

[KharmaTrain]

2. The Rich Won't Go Bankrupt

They've got a bought-for and paid for regime that will ensure their stock portfolios and wealth is not just protected, but expanded (so they can write those nice big checks to the RNC)...and if that means using tax payer dollars to bail out large corporations, so be it.

I forget who said "the business of America is business"...that trumps all else. It's only after the rich get their take that the rest of us get any crumbs. The term is "trickle down"...like right down a pants leg.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

3. The tax breaks for this "business" will have to be infinite to

be sure. They come in for form of nobids and unlimited price increases for fossil fuels.

[Clear Blue Sky]

4. "Absolute security" is such a myth...n/t

[antigop]

5. Good quote -- but the wingnuts will use it against us

We will bankrupt ourselves providing universal healthcare (security against personal bankruptcy and illness.)

We will bankrupt ourselves providing security for people's bank deposits (RE: FDIC, CDOs, CDS, etc.)

We will bankrupt ourselves providing security for old age (RE: Medicare and Social Security).

...and so on..

[bronxiteforever]

7. But the part of the quote is that there is a Vain attempt to be completely secure

Whereas universal healthcare does exist and is not a vain hope in many countries

[0007]

6. Real absolute security is when your dead. No more, no less.

[bronxiteforever]

8. Excellent found another "If you want total security, go to prison."

"There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom."

Amazing how far right the GOP has drifted from that pretty conservative president

[Fireweed247]

9. He would certainly be bitter now!

He warned us about the Military Industrial Complex.

If you aren't bitter, you are not paying attention.

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