“Richard Bernstein, like many other defense contractors, was anxious as the Pentagon spending blueprint for fiscal 2007 was being developed in recent months. 'There were a lot of rumors that the defense budget would get cut back, and there was some concern,' recalled Bernstein, president of BAI Aerosystems Inc, a small dronemaker in Maryland. When that Defense Department budget was unveiled Monday, however, Bernstein and most other defense executives were relieved. ” (Washington Post, Friday)
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
–President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961
FEE Timely Classic
“The Proper Attitude Toward the Proper Role of the State” by Joseph S. Fulda