Downsizing Defense

President Dwight Eisenhower, 4-star general in WW2 and CEO of the Federal government in the 1950's arms race with Russia, gave the American people a wise piece of advice, in his farewell addess in 1961- a piece of advice from an 'insider'- who KNEW what he was talking about- in the Federal government/military 'nexus that, incidentally, was NEVER taken: "Beware the Military Industrial complex". Tens of trillions of dollars and fifty years later, with corrupt, wasteful, inefficient military parts and procurement pork barrel projects up the 'kazoo', we're still not listening to him...The 'Military Industrial complex' is too big a gravy train, with too many heavy hitter players on board, for Congress ever to be serious about bringing it to...